2024 Volume 2 Pages 39-47
Objective: To evaluate the associations between preoperative possible sarcopenia (PS) related postoperative complications and prolonged duration of hospitalization in patients with gastric or colorectal cancer by measuring handgrip strength decline and five-time sit-to-stand test delay.
Methods: Seventy-five patients who were admitted to an acute hospital and discharged after surgery were included in this study. We determined preoperative PS, hand grip strength decline, and five-time sit-to-stand test delay according to the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 to establish the association between the occurrence of postoperative complications and length of hospital stay.
Results: Although PS was significantly associated with the occurrence of postoperative complications and prolonged duration of hospitalization postoperatively. Hand grip strength decline and five-time sit-to-stand test delay were not significantly associated with the occurrence of postoperative complications and prolonged duration of hospitalization.
Conclusion: Our findings show that preoperative PS is associated with the occurrence of postoperative complications and prolonged duration of hospitalization in patients with gastric and colorectal cancer.
