Correlation Between Sarcopenia and Growth Rate of the Future Liver Remnant After Portal Vein Embolization in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases.

Maximilian Franz Schulze-HagenD TruhnF DuongS KeilF PedersoliC K KuhlG LurjeU NeumannP IsfortP BrunersM Zimmermann

Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (2020)

We identified a positive correlation between PMV and PMCS, as markers for sarcopenia, and the KiGR of the FLR after PVE. PMV and PMCS might therefore aid to identify patients who are poor candidates for FLR augmentation using PVE alone.

Keyphrases

liver metastases
end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
soft tissue