Radiological Assessment of Sarcopenia and Its Clinical Impact in Patients with Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, and Gastrointestinal Diseases: A Comprehensive Review

• Main Authors: Shameema Farook (Author), Saumya Soni (Author), Arpit Shantagiri (Author), Pankaj Gupta (Author), Anindita Sinha (Author), Mahesh Prakash (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Sarcopenia is defined as a syndrome characterized by progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with a risk of adverse outcomes such as physical disability, poor quality of life, and death. The diagnosis of sarcopenia is based on documentation of two of the three criteria:...