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

Although the numbers of aged populations have risen considerably in the last few decades,
the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has revealed an extensive vulnerability …

Background Sarcopenia has been associated with patients' poor quality of life, disability,
and hospitalization. As of today, evidence that highlights the association between …

Definition, diagnosis, and treatment of respiratory sarcopen... : Current Opinion in Clinical
Nutrition & Metabolic Care Definition, diagnosis, and treatment of respiratory sarcopenia …

Sarcopenia is defined as loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. This can lead to
adverse clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer. The lymphocyte-to-monocyte …

OBJECTIVES Erector spinae muscle (ESM) is an antigravity muscle group that can be
evaluated as an index of muscle loss on chest computed tomography. The amount of ESM …

Background: Many studies have defined sarcopenia based on psoas muscle mass using
abdominal computed tomography (CT). We hypothesized that sarcopenia can be assessed …

Background Post-surgical bleeding is a major complication of mastectomy in patients with
breast cancer. However, the risk factors for post-surgical bleeding have not been well …

Objectives Recently, sarcopenia has been linked to unfavorable outcomes in various
surgical procedures, including lung cancer surgery. This study aimed to investigate the …

Background Tumors with a high number of mutations in the genome, or tumor mutational
burden, are presumed to be more likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors …