Comparison of the Risk of Early Postoperative Infection and Length of Hospital Stay between Sarcopenic and Nonsarcopenic Adults Undergoing Live Donor Liver Transplantation Using Computed Tomography
Pretransplant sarcopenia as determined by skeletal muscle index is associated with an increased risk of posttransplant infections in a group of patients undergoing liver transplantation as well as longer stay in hospital.
Authors
- Prem Kumar Ganesan
- Garima Yadav
- Narottam Khadaria
- Abhideep Chaudhary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-4336)
- Shashank Raj
Institutions
- BLK Super Speciality Hospital (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/Indian journal of radiology and imaging/Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1809625
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00