ArticleBMC medical imaging2019
Power of computed-tomography-defined sarcopenia for prediction of morbidity after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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- A computed tomography study investigating the effects of botulinum toxin injections prior to complex abdominal wall reconstruction.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- High prevalence of sarcopenia and myosteatosis in patients undergoing hemodialysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Sarcopenia and Risk of Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreatic Surgery: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Linear Skeletal Muscle Index and Muscle Attenuation May Be New Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Carcinoma Treated by Radical Resection.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Skeletal muscle depletion and nutrition support affected postoperative complications in patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Oral Nutritional Supplements and Enteral Nutrition in Patients with Gastrointestinal Surgery.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Sarcopenia in Children With End-Stage Liver Disease on the Transplant Waiting List.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2021Article
- Body Composition Parameters May Be Prognostic Factors in Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Treated by Radical Nephroureterectomy.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Muscle density discriminates hip fracture better than computed tomography X-ray absorptiometry hip areal bone mineral density.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2020Article
- Paediatric reference values for total psoas muscle area.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2020Article
- Prognostic role of body composition parameters in gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer patients from the EXPAND trial.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe goal of our study was to evaluate the current approach in prediction of postoperative major complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), especially symptomatic pancreatic fistula (POPF), using parameters derived from computed tomography (CT).
methodsPatients after PD were prospectively collected in a database of the local department of surgery and all patients with CT scans available were assessed in this study. CT parameters were measured at the level of the intervertebral disc L3/L4 and consisted of the areas of the visceral adipose tissue (A
resultsOne hundred thirty-nine patients (55 females, 84 males) were included. DPD was 2.9 mm (Range 0.7-10.7) on median and more narrow in patients with complications equal to or greater stadium IIIb (p < 0.04) and severe POPF (p < 0.01). DPP median value was 17 (6.9-37.9) mm and there was no significant difference regarding major complications or POPF. A
conclusionBesides the known factors visceral obesity and narrowness of the pancreatic duct, the mean muscle attenuation can easily be examined on routine preoperative CT scans and seems to be promising parameter to predict postoperative complications and POPF.
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