Association between masseter muscle sarcopenia and postoperative pneumonia in patients with esophageal cancer

Abstract Sarcopenia affects the swallowing and chewing muscles, such as the masseter muscle. However, the significance of masseter muscle loss in pneumonia remains unclear. We investigated the effects of masseter muscle sarcopenia (MMS) on postoperative pneumonia in patients with esophageal cancer....

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Main Authors: Teppei Kamada, Hironori Ohdaira, Eisaku Ito, Junji Takahashi, Keigo Nakashima, Yuichi Nakaseko, Norihiko Suzuki, Masashi Yoshida, Ken Eto, Yutaka Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20967-1