Impact of low skeletal muscle mass index and perioperative blood transfusion on the prognosis for HCC following curative resection

This study aimed to assess the prognostic factors including low skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) and perioperative blood transfusion for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following curative surgery.

Source: BMC Gastroenterology - October 7, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tomoaki Bekki, Tomoyuki Abe, Hironobu Amano, Minoru Hattori, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Masahiro Nakahara, Hideki Ohdan and Toshio Noriyuki Tags: Research article Source Type: research