Sarcopenia and outcomes in ventral hernia repair: a preliminary review

ConclusionsThough prevalent in our population, sarcopenia was not associated with an increase in postoperative complications, surgical site occurences/infections,   or hernia recurrence when previously published oncologic sarcopenia cutoffs were utilized. Previously established sarcopenia outcomes in malignancy may be attributable to an altered metabolic state that is not present in hernia repair patients. Larger-scale studies are recommended to establish n ew sarcopenia cutoffs for VHRs.
Source: Hernia - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research