Consensus-defined sarcopenia predicts adverse outcomes after elective abdominal surgery: meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcopenia refers to the progressive age- or pathology-associated loss of skeletal muscle. When measured radiologically as reduced muscle mass, sarcopenia has been shown to independently predict morbidity and mortality after elective abdominal surgery. However, the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) recently updated their sarcopenia definition, emphasizing both low muscle 'strength' and 'mass'. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the prognostic impact of this updated consensus definition of sarcopenia after elective abdominal surgery.

Methods

MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) databases were systematically searched for studies comparing prognostic outcome

SUBMITTER: Park B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10404004 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature