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“Is Sarcopenia Better at Predicting Morbidity Than Age?” with Michael Delong MD and Nirbhay Jain MD
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In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes podcast, Dr. Michael Delong and Dr. Nirbhay Jain discuss predictors of morbidity in patients undergoing free flap breast reconstruction, in particular the utility of the sarcopenia index. Sarcopenia is a measurement of skeletal muscle mass. Their study suggests sarcopenia is better at predicting morbidity than age, BMI or the modified frailty index. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: Sarcopenia Best Predicts Complications in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction by Nirbhay S. Jain, Elijah Bingham, B. Kyle Luvisa, Lynn M. Frydrych, Madeline G. Chin, Meiwand Bedar, Andrew Da Lio, Jason Roostaeian, Christopher Crisera, Ginger Slack, Charles Tseng, Jaco H. Festekjian and Michael R. Delong. Read the article for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com:https://bit.ly/IsSarcopeniaBest Dr. Michael Delong is an Assistant Professor in residence at the David Geffen school of medicine at UCLA. Dr. Nirbhay Jain is plastic surgery resident. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery
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