Overview
This study is aimed at clarifying changes in body composition during the perioperative period and identifying risk factors for skeletal muscle mass loss in patients with colorectal cancer. The investigators will asess the impact of the type of anaesthesia (total intravenous anaesthesia/sevoflurane anaesthesia) for colorectal surgery on the muscle function and mass, which will be evaluated using ultrasound, dynamometry and bioimpedance.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
• adult patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer and scheduled for open colorectal surgery at the Regional Institute of Oncology, Iaşi, Romania
Exclusion Criteria:
- lack the capacity to consent
- extremity amputation
- paraplegia
- diseases affecting the muscles (such as stroke, lower-limb immobilization from a plaster, neurodegenerative diseases, peripheral neuropathy or muscle dystrophy)
- terminal cancer