Is there any correlation between liver graft regeneration and recipient’s pretransplant skeletal muscle mass?—a study in extended left lobe graft living-donor liver transplantation

Abstract

Additionally to the hemodynamic factors of portal circulation and the quality of the graft, the metabolic status of the recipients has a significant role in the GR process. A pre-LT low SMM is associated with impaired GRR and this negative impact is more evident in male recipients.