CT psoas calculations on the prognosis prediction of emergency laparotomy: a single-center, retrospective cohort study in eastern Asian population

Abstract Background Emergency laparotomy (EL) has a high mortality rate. Clinically, frail patients have a poor tolerance for EL. In recent years, sarcopenia has been used as an important indicator of frailty and has received much attention. There have been five different calculation methods of psoa...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Lin Wu, Jie Shen, Ci-Dian Danzeng, Xiang-Shang Xu, Zhi-Xin Cao, Wei Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-022-00435-x