Yuichiro Miki, Satoshi Nishi, Tatsuro Tamura, Takumi Imai, Mikio Nambara, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Mami Yoshii, Takahiro Toyokawa, Shigeru Lee, Hisako Fujii, Hisako Yoshida, Mitsuhiko Ikebuchi, Kiyoshi Maeda
BACKGROUND: Subtotal esophagectomy with lymph node dissection followed by neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the standard treatment for stage II-III esophageal cancer. Esophagectomy is still associated with high morbidity rates, and reducing these rates remains challenging. Among several complications, postoperative pneumonia (PP) is sometimes fatal, which has been reportedly caused by sarcopenia. Thus, nutritional support and rehabilitation may be promising for preventing skeletal muscle mass loss and reduce the incidence of PP...
2024: PloS One