The Postoperative Recovery Course of Skeletal Muscle Mass in Older Esophageal Cancer Patients

Figure 3

Postoperative recovery course of the skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) in groups with major loss of SMI (≥5.415%) and minor loss of SMI (<5.415%) 4 and 12 months after surgery in older patients. The postoperative recovery courses of SMI in all patients (a) and the subgroups of preoperative sarcopenia (b), nonsarcopenia (c), surgery with NAC (d), and surgery without NAC (e) Circles and error bars indicate the means and standard errors, respectively, of loss of SMI (%). Red and blue lines indicate the groups with major and minor loss, respectively, of SMI 4 months after surgery.

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