Impact of preoperative hand grip strength on morbidity following gastric cancer surgery.

Tsutomu Sato,Toru Aoyama,Tsutomu Hayashi,Kenki Segami,Taiichi Kawabe,Hirohito Fujikawa,Takanobu Yamada,Naoto Yamamoto,Takashi Oshima,Yasushi Rino,Munetaka Masuda,Takashi Ogata,Haruhiko Cho,Takaki Yoshikawa

Impact of preoperative hand grip strength on morbidity following gastric cancer surgery.

2016

Tsutomu Sato
Toru Aoyama
Tsutomu Hayashi
Kenki Segami
Taiichi Kawabe
Hirohito Fujikawa
Takanobu Yamada
Naoto Yamamoto
Takashi Oshima
Yasushi Rino
Munetaka Masuda
Takashi Ogata
Haruhiko Cho
Takaki Yoshikawa

Background Sarcopenia is a decrease in both muscle mass and strength. It remains unclear whether sarcopenia is associated with morbidity after gastric cancer surgery. This study evaluated the impact of sarcopenia on the morbidity of gastric cancer surgery.

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Medicine
General surgery
Pathology
Hand strength
Cancer
Grip strength
Gastrectomy
Sarcopenia
Retrospective cohort study
Preoperative care
Adenocarcinoma
Surgery
Surgical oncology
Abdominal surgery

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