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Radiographic sarcopenia predicts postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy

BACKGROUND: Recently, skeletal muscle depletion (sarcopenia) has been reported to influence postoperative outcomes after certain procedures. This study investigated the impact of sarcopenia on postoperative outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). METHODS: We performed a retrospective study...

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Autores principales: Takagi, Kosei, Yoshida, Ryuichi, Yagi, Takahito, Umeda, Yuzo, Nobuoka, Daisuke, Kuise, Takashi, Fujiwara, Toshiyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28549466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-017-0261-7