The role of CT-scan assessment of muscle mass in predicting postoperative surgical complications after renal transplantation.

Purpose: Despite a high rate of undernutrition in renal transplantation recipients, prognostic value of sarcopenia remains unclear. We evaluated the relation between sarcopenia and post-operative outcomes after renal transplantation.

Methods: During 7 years, each patient who underwent renal transplantation was retrospectively included.

Previous radiation for prostate neoplasm alters surgical and oncologic outcomes after rectal cancer surgery.

Background: Previous radiation for prostate cancer (PC) contra-indicates neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer (RC) because of risk of cumulative radiation dose toxicity. Postoperative outcomes after proctectomy have not been well studied in these patients who did not receive optimal treatment.

Methods: Eighty-four consecutive male patients underwent surgery for stage II-III mid or low RC between 2002 and 2011.