Association Between Preoperative Sarcopenia and Postoperative Complications Following Hepatopancreatobiliary Cancer Surgery at a Tertiary Care Center in Eastern India.

Cureus · 2026 · PMC12921368 · PMID 41728414

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0.0870

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.087so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Likewise, the average duration of hospital stay tended to be longer in the sarcopenic group (11.73 ± 7.20 days) compared to the nonsarcopenic group (9.19 ± 3.09 days), but this did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.087).

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a nonsignificant trendp = 0.302not close (p > 0.1)

Similarly, serum albumin levels showed a nonsignificant trend toward higher values in the sarcopenic group (3.97 ± 0.77 g/dL vs. 3.74 ± 0.81 g/dL; p = 0.302).

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