Correlation of ultrasound measurement of limb muscle thickness and echo intensity with frailty assessment in elderly patients undergoing malignancies surgery
Introduction: It remains controversial which frailty score correlates with adverse outcomes. Instead of these subjective and time consuming scores, we studied whether ultrasound guided lower extremity thickness measurements more closely are associated with adverse outcomes. Method: Patients undergoi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Heliyon |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024000483 |