The nonsignificant results of this study may be explained by the markedly lower BMI in the sarcopenic group, which could have been protective against worse outcomes, the investigators noted. However, they concluded, “Sarcopenia may still be a factor in adverse perioperative outcomes, but the established muscle index cutoff value may be inappropriately applied to benign patients, such as our ventral hernia cohort results in this study.”
The investigators declared no conflicts of interest and received no outside funding for this study.
SOURCE: Siegal SR et al. Hernia. 2018 May 11. doi: 10.1007/s10029-018-1770-8.