Limitations of the definition of sarcopenia in cancer surgery

J Surg Oncol. 2015 Jul;112(1):116. doi: 10.1002/jso.23917. Epub 2015 May 13.

Authors

Vildan Binay Safer¹, Umut Safer², Mustafa Kaplan², Hakan Terekeci², Cihan Top²

Affiliations

¹ Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Gulhane School of Medicine, Haydarpasa Training Hospital Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 25973597
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23917

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
Female
Humans
Male
Pancreatectomy*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Sarcopenia / complications*