CT assessment of preoperative nutritional status in gastric cancer: Severe low skeletal muscle mass and obesity-related low skeletal muscle mass are unfavorable factors of postoperative complications.

CONCLUSIONS: LSMM was not significantly correlated with postoperative complications. Severe LSMM and obesity-related LSMM are unfavorable factors for postoperative complications with GC after gastrectomy. PMID: 33063547 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol Source Type: research