Background Sarcopenia refers to the progressive age-or pathology-associated loss of
skeletal muscle. When measured radiologically as reduced muscle mass, sarcopenia has …

Background Individualised risk prediction is crucial if targeted pre-operative risk reduction
strategies are to be deployed effectively. Radiologically determined sarcopenia has been …

Background: Surgeons have historically used age as a preoperative predictor of
postoperative outcomes. Sarcopenia, the loss of skeletal muscle mass due to disease or …

Abstracts Objectives To investigate the effect of sarcopenia on postoperative mortality in
patients undergoing emergency abdominal procedures and to compare postoperative …

Background Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of muscle mass combined with loss of muscle
strength, with or without loss of muscle performance. The use of this parameter as a risk …

Background Sarcopenia is associated with adverse outcomes in cancer, chemotherapy,
solid organ transplants, intensive care and medical patients. It has also been proven to …

Background While emergency laparotomy has been associated with high rates of
postoperative mortality and adverse events, preoperative systematic evaluation of patients …

Emergency laparotomy procedures have high rates of postoperative mortality and morbidity
in older patient. Sarcopenia is associated with poor postoperative outcomes in elective …

Background Sarcopenia refers to the progressive age and pathology-associated loss of
skeletal muscle, which has been shown to independently predict mortality in patients …

Introduction Sarcopenia has drawn considerable attention as a predictor of postoperative
risk, although the relationship between sarcopenia and postoperative risk is contentious …