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Respiratory sarcopenia defined by paraspinal muscle mass and peak expiratory flow predicts postoperative pneumonia after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a comparison with sternocleidomastoid muscle mass.
Shota Sawai, Shinsuke Sato, Eiji Nakatani, Philip Hawke, Masato Nishida, Hiroshi Ogiso, Masaya Watanabe
Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal SocietySep 20, 2026PMID 42763381doi:10.1007/s10388-026-01255-7 Journal ArticlepubmedProvenance
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BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is a predictor of postoperative pneumonia after esophagectomy. Recently, respiratory sarcopenia has been proposed as a predictor of postoperative pneumonia that captures respiratory vulnerability more directly than sarcopenia. Respiratory sarcopenia is defined by decreased…
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