The impact of skeletal muscle wasting during neoadjuvant chemotherapy on postoperative anastomotic leakage in patients with esophageal cancer.
Shiro FujihataRyo OgawaSeiichi NakayaShunsuke HayakawaTomotaka OkuboHiroyuki SagawaTatsuya TanakaHiroki TakahashiYoichi MatsuoShuji TakiguchiPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2020)
In patients with esophageal cancer, SMI tend to decrease during NAC treatment. It is therefore important to prevent the additional impact that SMW during NAC has on postoperative anastomotic leakage.