“Is Sarcopenia Better at Predicting Morbidity Than Age?” with Michael Delong MD and Nirbhay Jain MD

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style= "color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes podcast, <span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">Dr. Michael Delong and Dr. Nirbhay Jain discuss predictors of morbidity in patients undergoing free flap breast reconstruction, in particular the utility of the sarcopenia index. Sarcopenia is a measurement of skeletal muscle mass. Their study suggests sarcopenia is better at predicting morbidity than age, BMI or the modified frailty index.</span></span> <span style= "font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br /> <br /> This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article:</span></span> <em><a title= "Sarcopenia Best Predicts Complications in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction" href= "https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/2023/07000/sarcopenia_best_predicts_complications_in_free.29.aspx"> <span style= "color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Sarcopenia Best Predicts Complications in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction</span></a></em> <span style= "font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">by <span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">Nirbhay S. Jain, Elijah Bingham, B. Kyle Luvisa, Lynn M. Frydrych, Madeline G. Chin, Meiwand Bedar, Andrew Da Lio, Jason Roostaeian, Christopher Crisera, Ginger Slack, Charles Tseng, Jaco H. Festekjian and Michael R.</span> Delong</span>. <span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"><br /> </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Read the article for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com:<strong><br /></strong><a href= "https://bit.ly/IsSarcopeniaBest">https://bit.ly/IsSarcopeniaBest</a></span><br /> <br /> <span style= "font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style= "font-size: 12p