Low skeletal muscle mass is associated with increased hospital expenditure in patients undergoing cancer surgery of the alimentary tract

BACKGROUND: Low skeletal muscle mass is associated with poor postoperative outcomes in cancer patients. Furthermore, it is associated with increased healthcare costs in the United States. We investigated its effect on hospital expenditure in a Western-European healthcare system, with universal acces...

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Autores principales: van Vugt, Jeroen L. A., Buettner, Stefan, Levolger, Stef, Coebergh van den Braak, Robert R. J., Suker, Mustafa, Gaspersz, Marcia P., de Bruin, Ron W. F., Verhoef, Cornelis, van Eijck, Casper H. C., Bossche, Niek, Groot Koerkamp, Bas, IJzermans, Jan N. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29088245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186547

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