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Studies that met the inclusion criteria were extracted and their quality assessment was done using the Newcastle\u2013Ottawa Scale. The pooled analysis was done using a random-effects model with dichotomous outcomes expressed as odds ratio (OR) and continuous as weighted mean differences with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria with a total of 5879 patients, with 1690 diagnosed with sarcopenia. Sarcopenia was shown to be significantly associated with increased risk of inpatient mortality (OR = 5.18, 95% CI: 1.04\u201325.68;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.04), 30-day mortality (OR = 3.32, 95% CI: 2.02\u20135.46;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.00001), 90-day mortality (OR = 4.24, 95% CI: 1.19\u201315.12;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.03) and 1-year mortality (OR = 2.53, 95% CI: 1.25\u20135.12;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.01). Sarcopenic was also associated with an increased risk of severe complications, cardiac complications, pulmonary complications, renal complications, postoperative infections, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay and the risk of unfavorable discharge. There was no significant association between sarcopenia and risk of leakage.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our meta-analysis provided insights into sarcopenia and postoperative outcomes of emergency surgeries. We demonstrated the significant association between the presence of sarcopenia and the presentation of postoperative adverse outcomes and markers of worsened quality of recovery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jets.jets_93_24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T13:02:24Z","timestamp":1789563744000},"page":"129-137","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Is Sarcopenia Associated with Worse Postoperative Outcomes following Emergency Laparotomy? 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