• N Shah, L Abeysundara, P Dutta, M Christodoulidou, S Wylie, T Richards, and N Schofield.
• Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London, UK.
• Anaesthesia. 2017 Sep 1; 72 (9): 1107-1111.

AbstractSarcopenia is the degenerative loss of core muscle mass. It is an aspect of frailty, which is associated with increased rates of peri-operative harm. We assessed the association of the cross-sectional areas of abdominal muscles, including psoas, with survival during a median (IQR [range]) follow-up of 3.8 (3.2-4.4 [0.0-5.1]) years after scheduled endovascular (132) or open (5) abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in 137 patients. In multivariate analysis, mortality hazard (95%CI) was independently associated with: age, 1.06 (1.01-1.13) per year, p = 0.03; and the adjusted area of the left psoas muscle, 0.94 (0.81-1.01) per mm2 .kg-0.83 , p = 0.08. Shortened hospital stay was independently associated with haemoglobin concentration and adjusted left psoas muscle area, hazard ratio (95%) 1.01 (1.00-1.02) per g.l-1 and 1.05 (1.02-1.07) per mm2 .kg-0.83 , p = 0.04 and 0.001, respectively.© 2017 The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

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