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Table 2 Change in psoas muscle after liver section for hepatocellular carcinoma

From: Laparoscopic liver resection is associated with less significant muscle loss than the conventional open approach

 

LLRa (n = 64 (100%))

OLRb (n = 64 (100%))

p-value

PMIc (pre-operative) (mean ± SDd)

6.50 ± 2.03

6.36 ± 1.55

0.663

PMIc (post-operative) (mean ± SDd)

6.24 ± 1.87

5.93 ± 1.49

0.300

Change of PMIc % (mean ± SDd)

−3.37 ± 5.92

−6.71 ± 6.50

0.003

Median (IQRe)

−1.98 ± 7.2

−5.92 ± 7.5

0.001

Significant muscle loss (> 11.5%), n(%)

3 (4.7%)

14 (21.9)

0.008

Sarcopenia (pre-operative), n(%)

24 (37.5)

23 (35.9)

0.855

Sarcopenia (post-operative), n(%)

26 (40.6)

31 (48.4)

0.374

De novo sarcopenia after operation, n(%)

3 (4.7)

10 (15.4)

0.041

  1. aLaparoscopic liver resection, bopen liver resection, cpsoas muscle index (cm2/m2), dstandard deviation, einterquartile range