Sarcopenia in Vascular Surgery
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Sarcopenia in Vascular Surgery
IRAS ID
299924
Contact name
Graeme Guthrie
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Glasgow
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 29 days
Research summary
Sarcopenia is a condition where patients, typically older patients or those with certain chronic conditions, develop wasting of certain muscle groups. This is associated with people being increasingly frail, and is linked with higher rates of death and complications following some surgical procedures.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a condition where the aorta (main blood vessel in the body) becomes dilated and can lead to rupture of the aorta. This is treated by either an operation, or by placement of a stent under x-ray guidance.
Very little is known about the effect of sarcopenia on patients who undergo aneurysm procedures. It may be that it leads to very high chance of complications following the procedure, and that in patients who have sarcopenia doing the procedure is not appropriate.
This study aims to use data from patients at 5 health boards across Scotland who had procedures performed to treat aortic aneurysms to identify if patients with sarcopenia are at higher risk of death and post-operative complications.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
21/WS/0146
Date of REC Opinion
23 Nov 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion