Impact of preoperative skeletal muscle mass and physical performance on short-term and long-term postoperative outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer after esophagectomy.
Keijiro SugimuraHiroshi MiyataTakashi KanemuraTomohira TakeokaNaoki ShinnnoKazuyoshi YamamotoTakeshi OmoriMasaaki MotooriMasayuki OhueMasahiko YanoPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2022)
It is useful to evaluate 6MWD as a physical performance in addition to SMI when evaluating sarcopenia from the perspective of predicting postoperative complications and long-term prognosis in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy.