Sarcopenia adversely impacts postoperative complications in living-donor liver transplantation recipients

Sarcopenia adversely impacts postoperative complications in living-donor liver transplantation recipients

Abstract Despite technological and immunological innovations, living-donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients still face substantial risk of postoperative complications. Sarcopenia is being recognized more and more as a biomarker that correlates with poor outcomes in surgical patients. The purpose o...

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Main Authors: Mei-Yun Wu, Wei-Xiong Lim, Yu-Fan Cheng, Ching-Di Chang, Hsien-Wen Hsu, Chih-Che Lin, Chao-Long Chen, Wan-Ching Chang, Chun-Yen Yu, Leo Leung-Chit Tsang, Yi-Hsuan Chuang, Hsin-You Ou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98399-6

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98399-6

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