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For women having open abdominal surgery to treat endometrial cancer, a muscle thickness measurement of 7.52 mm in the rectus abdominis is used to estimate the likelihood of complications after surgery, but this threshold correctly identifies only about half of those who will have complications.

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Predictive efficacy of rectus abdominis muscle and psoas major muscle thickness for postoperative morbidity in patients with endometrial cancer

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2025 Jun 10

The study found that if a woman’s abdominal muscle is thinner than 7.52 mm, it slightly helps predict if she might have problems after surgery — but it’s not very good at it on its own. This matches exactly what the claim says.

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Predictive efficacy of rectus abdominis muscle and psoas major muscle thickness for postoperative morbidity in patients with endometrial cancer

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DOI: 10.4274/jtgga.galenos.2025.2025-4-6

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In women having open abdominal surgery for endometrial cancer, having thinner abdominal muscles (below 7.52 mm) is linked to a 44.8% chance of experiencing complications after surgery, but this link is not strong enough to be considered a standalone predictor once age and surgery length are taken into account.

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For women having open abdominal surgery to treat endometrial cancer, the thickness of the psoas major muscle does not reliably predict whether they will experience complications after surgery.

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For women having open abdominal surgery to treat endometrial cancer, longer surgery times are linked to a slightly higher chance of complications within three months after surgery, even when accounting for age and other variables.

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