Comparative study of the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and oral administration of branched-chain amino acid on preventing sarcopenia in patients after living-donor liver transplantation: study protocol for an open-label randomized controlled trial

Liver cirrhosis is the irreversible fibrosis of the liver and causes refractory ascites and hepatic encephalopathy, which might not respond to treatment. Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an effecti...

Source: Trials - February 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Masafumi Haraguchi, Kunihiro Ichinose, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Masatoshi Hanada, Masanori Fukushima, Ryu Sasaki, Satoshi Miuma, Takanobu Hara, Tota Kugiyama, Akihiko Soyama, Masaaki Hidaka, Ayumi Tsuji, Rintaro Yano, Motohiro Sekino, Hideaki Takahata, Susumu E Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research