Resumen
Although introducing minimally invasive surgery reduced postoperative morbidity after esophagectomy esophageal cancer still is a malignancy with poor prognosis. This study aimed to investigate whether preoperative sarcopenia has an influence on short-term postoperative outcome after esophagectomy in esophageal cancer patients. Our findings suggest that preoperative sarcopenia is no independent prognostic factor for postoperative outcome after esophagectomy but that patients? nutritional status consists of more factors than only body mass index (BMI) and muscle mass. Prehabilitation and preoperative optimization of the patients? nutritional status seems to be an important factor for short-term postoperative outcome after esophagectomy.