Purpose of the review We aim to review the methods, current research evidence, and future
directions in body composition analysis (BCA) with CT imaging. Recent findings CT images …

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

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

Background Malnutrition remains a critical public health issue in the US, particularly in
surgery where perioperative malnutrition is commonly underdiagnosed and undertreated. In …

Study Design Single-center retrospective study. Objective The objective of this study was to
evaluate the association of psoas muscle mass defined sarcopenia with perioperative …

Background Despite the negative effect of sarcopenia on postoperative outcomes being well
recognized in the elective setting, there remains a paucity of studies describing this …

Purpose Emergency laparotomy has a high reported thirty-day mortality, ranging from 11 to
15%. Current peri-operative risk assessment tools may poorly estimate the risk of …

BACKGROUND In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, female gender has been associated
with higher pain and functional disability. Sarcopenia and multifidus atrophy have also been …

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

Abstract Background Emergency Laparotomy (EL) is recognized as high‐risk surgery with
high mortality. Established surgical risk assessment tools (NELA Risk Prediction Calculator …