The evolution and impact of sarcopenia pre‐and post‐liver transplantation

RA Bhanji, N Takahashi, MR Moynagh… - Alimentary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… course of sarcopenia from diagnosis at liver transplant evaluation until 1 year following
transplant, … We also show progressive increase in myosteatosis both pre- and post-transplant and …

Shining a spotlight on sarcopenia and myosteatosis in liver disease and liver transplantation: Potentially modifiable risk factors with major clinical impact

S Reichelt, U Merle, M Klauss, C Kahlert… - Liver …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
liver diseases (CLD) as well as in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Alterations of body composition
(BC) such as sarcopenia, myosteatosis and sarcopenicsarcopenia and myosteatosis. …

[PDF][PDF] Myosteatosis, the more significant predictor of outcome: an analysis of the impact of myosteatosis, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity on liver transplant …

NEA Irwin, J Fabian, KR Hari, L Lorentz… - … Clin Transplant, 2021 - researchgate.net
hepatic encephalopathy, longer hospital and ICU stays, and higher associated costs in patients
with myosteatosis … the prevalence of sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and myosteatosis in …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the prognosis before and after liver transplantation: Is muscle a game changer?

A Goffaux, A Delorme, G Dahlqvist… - World Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… We then review the pathophysiology of cirrhosis-related sarcopenia and myosteatosis,
provide a narrative review of the major studies on the subject and discuss the tools available for …

[HTML][HTML] Body composition and the skeletal muscle compartment in liver transplantation: Turning challenges into opportunities

S Reichelt, J Pratschke, C Engelmann… - … of Transplantation, 2022 - Elsevier
… (eg, sarcopenia or myosteatosis, sarcopenic obesity) has been reported to be ranging
between 30 to 70% in liver transplant (LT) candidates and in patients with chronic liver disease (…

[PDF][PDF] Skeletal muscle abnormalities and outcomes after liver transplantation

AJ Montano‐Loza - Liver Transplantation, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… with sarcopenia or myosteatosis before … liver transplantation.A couple of retrospective
studies have shown that modifications to the MELD score to include sarcopenia (MELD-sarcopenia

Sarcopenic obesity and myosteatosis are associated with higher mortality in patients with cirrhosis

AJ Montano‐Loza, P Angulo… - … , sarcopenia and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Myosteatosis increases with age and adiposity26 and is associated … sarcopenia, sarcopenic
obesity and myosteatosis in a cohort of cirrhotic patients evaluated for liver transplantation. …

[HTML][HTML] Myosteatosis to predict inferior perioperative outcome in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation

Z Czigany, W Kramp, J Bednarsch… - … of Transplantation, 2020 - Elsevier
… a potential role of myosteatosis in OLT, all of these reports were focusing predominantly on
sarcopenia and/or living donor liver transplantation. The specific effect of myosteatosis on the …

Various myosteatosis selection criteria and their value in the assessment of short-and long-term outcomes following liver transplantation

FA Meister, J Bednarsch, I Amygdalos, J Boecker… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
… Muscle mass (sarcopenia) and quality (myosteatosis) are usually estimated by
segmentation of the cross-sectional area at the level of third lumbar vertebra (L3). Even though, …

[PDF][PDF] Shining a spotlight on sarcopenia and myosteatosis in liver disease and liver transplantation

S Reichelt, U Merle, M Klauss, C Kahlert, G Lurje… - 2024 - researchgate.net
liver diseases (CLD) as well as in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Alterations of body composition
(BC) such as sarcopenia, myosteatosis and sarcopenicsarcopenia and myosteatosis. …