Low psoas muscle index is a poor prognostic factor for lower gastrointestinal perforation: a single-center retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Various body composition indices have been reported as prognostic factors for different cancers. However, whether body composition affects prognosis after lower gastrointestinal tract perforation requiring emergency surgery and multidisciplinary treatment has not been clarified. This stu...

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Published in:BMC Surg
Main Authors: Kayano, Hajime, Nomura, Eiji, Abe, Rin, Ueda, Yasuhiko, Machida, Takashi, Fujita, Chikara, Uchiyama, Shohei, Endo, Kazuyuki, Murakami, Katsuki, Mukai, Masaya, Makuuchi, Hiroyasu
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6883515/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31779610
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-019-0629-y
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