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Sarcopenia is associated with postoperative infection and delayed recovery from colorectal cancer resection surgery

BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle depletion (sarcopenia) predicts morbidity and mortality in the elderly and cancer patients. METHODS: We tested whether sarcopenia predicts primary colorectal cancer resection outcomes in stage II–IV patients (n=234). Sarcopenia was assessed using preoperative computed tom...

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Autores principales: Lieffers, J R, Bathe, O F, Fassbender, K, Winget, M, Baracos, V E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22871883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.350