2021 Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 322-327
Sarcopenia was advocated by Rosenberg in 1989, and the diagnostic criteria were enacted in 2010 by the European Working Group (European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP)). Currently, in Japan, AWGS 2019 by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) is often used for the definition of sarcopenia. There are many reports that the short-term prognosis after surgery deteriorates in sarcopenia patients. Only infectious complications in elderly gastrointestinal surgery, there are some reports of a link between sarcopenia and infectious complications in colorectal cancer surgery and pancreaticoduodenectomy. When not limited to the elderly or when the decrease in skeletal muscle mass is used as an index, there are papers reporting the relationship with sarcopenia and infectious complications. Our preliminary study of gastrointestinal surgery in the elderly found no association between sarcopenia and postoperative infectious complications.
