Impact of sarcopenia on the survival of patients undergoing liver transplantation for decompensated liver cirrhosis

• Main Authors: Da Zhou (Author), Donghua Zhang (Author), Chenghao Zeng (Author), Li Zhang (Author), Xuejin Gao (Author), Xinying Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Patients with decompensated cirrhosis (DC) are prone to skeletal muscle loss, namely, sarcopenia, before liver transplantation (LT). While sarcopenia is reportedly associated with adverse outcomes after LT, these findings are limited owing to mixed diseases and retrospective data...