A new sarcopenia score prognostic for postoperative complications in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a multicenter retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skeletal muscle depletion and excessive visceral adipose tissue have been shown to be independent risk factors for postoperative complications (PCs) in various diseases. However, their impact on surgical PCs in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) is still unknown.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of HAE patients who underwent liver resection at our hospital between January 2008 and December 2018. We segmented skeletal muscle and adipose tissue and measured the area of skeletal muscle tissue and adipose tissue at the level of the third lumbar vertebra by manual tracing from preoperative plain computed tomography (CT) images. Sarcopenia features were selected to construct a formula based on the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7723579 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature