Radiological assessment of skeletal muscle index and myosteatosis and their impact postoperative outcomes after liver transplantation

Abstract

Liver transplantation offers curative treatment to patients with acute and chronic end-stage liver disease. The impact of nutritional status on postoperative outcomes after liver transplantation remains poorly understood. The present study investigated the predictive value of radiologically assessed skeletal muscle index (SMI) and myosteatosis (MI) on postoperative outcomes.

Keywords

• muscle mass
• liver transplantation
• myosteatosis
• skeletal muscle index
• glim score