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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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 thinner stomach muscles in women having surgery for uterine cancer were linked to more complications after surgery, but only because those women were often older or had longer surgeries — not because the muscle thickness itself caused the problems.

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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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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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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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For women having open abdominal surgery to treat endometrial cancer, older age is linked to a higher chance of complications within three months after surgery, even when other factors are taken into account.

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