World Journal of Surgery

, Volume 39, Issue 9, pp 2370–2371 | Cite as

Commentary on “Preoperative Sarcopenia Negatively Impacts Postoperative Outcomes Following Major Hepatectomy with Extrahepatic Bile Duct Resection”

  • Vildan Binay Safer
  • Umut Safer
  • Mustafa Kaplan
  • Hakan Terekeci
  • Cihan Top
Letter to the Editor

Keywords

Muscle Mass Cholangiocarcinoma Skeletal Muscle Mass Major Hepatectomy Slice Compute Tomography 
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Notes

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Vildan Binay Safer
    • 1
  • Umut Safer
    • 2
  • Mustafa Kaplan
    • 2
  • Hakan Terekeci
    • 2
  • Cihan Top
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationHaydarpasa Numune Training and Research HospitalIstanbulTurkey
  2. 2.Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of MedicineGATA Haydarpasa Training HospitalIstanbulTurkey

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