Myosteatosis as a Prognostic Marker for Postoperative Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgery in General—A Systematic Review

Myosteatosis as a Prognostic Marker for Postoperative Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgery in General—A Systematic Review

Background: Assessing frailty is important in treating surgical patients to predict peri- and postoperative events like complications or mortality. The current standard is not optimal; therefore, new prognostic markers are being evaluated to enrich the current frailty assessment. One of these new ma...

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Main Authors: Onno Emanuel den Os, Rosalie Nielen, Elham Bidar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Surgeries
Subjects:
myosteatosis
postoperative mortality
prognostic marker
frailty
psoas muscle density
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4095/4/4/62

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