Association of preoperative sarcopenia with postoperative dysphagia in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer.

Shuhei MayanagiAiko IshikawaKazuaki MatsuiSatoru MatsudaTomoyuki IrinoRieko NakamuraKazumasa FukudaNorihito WadaHirofumi KawakuboNanako HijikataMakiko AndoTetsuya TsujiYuko Kitagawa

Published in: Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (2021)

Sarcopenic patients with esophageal cancer develop postoperative dysphagia more often than non-sarcopenic patients. Prehabilitation and nutritional support for patients with preoperative sarcopenia could play an important role to mitigate postoperative dysphagia.

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patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
spinal cord
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes