Prof. Dr. Umut Safer

Short-Term Biceps Muscle Wasting Assessed by Serial Ultrasound as a Predictor of Survival Duration in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Medicina, 2026

DOI 10.3390/medicina62020292 PMID 41752691 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Ultrasonographic Geniohyoid Muscle Measurements and Their Relationship With Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes in Older Patients With Stroke

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 2026

DOI 10.1002/jcu.70057 PMID 40884272 Source : ORCID

Association of CONUT Score with Ultrasound-Measured Muscle Mass and 30-, 45-, and 60-Day Mortality in Geriatric Palliative Care Patients: A Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2025

DOI 10.3390/jcm15010171 PMID 41517419 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Local Muscle–Fat Ratio in Geriatric Palliative Care Patients: An Ultrasonographic Study

Healthcare, 2025

DOI 10.3390/healthcare13172188 PMID 40941539 1 citation (Europe PMC) Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Association between nutritional targets and muscle index changes in patients with terminal cancer under palliative care

Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2025

DOI 10.55730/1300-0144.6074 PMID 41234469 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : Europe PMC

Pressure injuries and sarcopenia

Journal of Wound Care, 2025

DOI 10.12968/jowc.2023.0275 PMID 40632059 Source : OpenAlex

Comparison of muscle and fat parameters measured by ultrasonography and dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry between older palliative care patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 2024

DOI 10.1002/jcu.23688 PMID 38600828 3 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Ultrasonographically Measured Rectus Femoris Cross-sectional Area might Predict Osteosarcopenia

Current Medical Imaging Formerly Current Medical Imaging Reviews, 2024

DOI 10.2174/0115734056275133231211115630 PMID 38676518 1 citation (Europe PMC) Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Some critical issues for the assessment of sarcopenia

Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2024

DOI 10.1002/jso.27515 PMID 37986688 Source : ORCID

Letter Regarding: Association of Sarcopenia With Mortality in Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Undergoing Endovascular Revascularization

Journal of Surgical Research, 2024

DOI 10.1016/j.jss.2023.09.069 PMID 37867017 1 citation (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Effect of beta-hydroxy-beta methyl butyrate, Arginine, Glutamine (HMB/ARG/GLN) supplementation on muscle mass in palliative care patients: Follow-up with ultrasonography

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2024

DOI 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.07.223 Source : OpenAlex

The bioelectrical impedance analysis and sarcopenia: Devices & standardization protocols

Clinical Nutrition, 2023

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.10.021 PMID 38411020 3 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Bioelectrical impedance analysis: Caution should be needed to avoid misinterpretation

Clinical Nutrition, 2023

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.09.018 PMID 37775415 2 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Peripheral Vascular Disease is Associated with Impaired Activities of Daily Living in the Elderly with Dementia: A Prospective Study

CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, 2022

DOI 10.2174/1871527321666220427105957 PMID 35490332 3 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on “Effects of adequate dietary protein with whey protein, leucine, and vitamin D supplementation on sarcopenia in older adults: An open-label, parallel-group study”

Clinical Nutrition, 2022

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.12.022 PMID 34998614 1 citation (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on: Association of sarcopenia and expression of interleukin-23 in colorectal cancer survival

Clinical Nutrition, 2022

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.03.006 PMID 35393138 1 citation (OpenAlex) Source : OpenAlex

Comment on: sarcopenia and serum biomarkers of oxidative stress after a 6-month physical activity intervention in women with metastatic breast cancer—results from the ABLE feasibility trial

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2022

DOI 10.1007/s10549-021-06502-2 PMID 34994878 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : OpenAlex

Comment on “Sarcopenia as a Predictor of Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma After Pancreatectomy”

Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2022

DOI 10.1245/s10434-022-11366-x PMID 35294654 Source : OpenAlex

Comment on “The psoas muscle index as a predictor of mortality and morbidity of geriatric trauma patients: experience of a major trauma center in Kobe.”

Surgery Today, 2021

DOI 10.1007/s00595-020-02013-7 PMID 32358630 Source : ORCID

Amount of laryngeal upward movement and pharyngeal area as indicators of decreased swallowing muscle function in sarcopenia

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2020

DOI 10.1111/joor.13025 PMID 32478868 Source : ORCID

Cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and sarcopenia

Clinical Nutrition, 2020

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.05.028 PMID 32540182 1 citation (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on article by Abe et al.

Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2020

DOI 10.1111/ggi.13965 PMID 32743921 Source : ORCID

Letter to the Editor Regarding “Effect of Sarcopenia on Mortality After Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation Treatment for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures in Elderly Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study”

World Neurosurgery, 2020

DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.207 PMID 32689695 3 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Letter to the Editor Regarding “Temporal Muscle as an Indicator of Sarcopenia Is Independently Associated with Hunt and Kosnik Grade on Admission and the Modified Rankin Scale Score at 6 Months of Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treated by Endovascular Coiling”

World Neurosurgery, 2020

DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.03.127 PMID 32689667 Source : ORCID

Crohn's disease, visceral obesity and sarcopenia.

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2020

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.05.037 PMID 32536584 3 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on “Clinical characteristics of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in the elderly over 75: Would temporal muscle be a potential prognostic factor as an indicator of sarcopenia?”

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2020

DOI 10.1016/j.clineuro.2019.105600 PMID 31756615 7 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on “Sarcopenia: An important prognostic factor for males treated for a locally advanced esophageal carcinoma”

Digestive and Liver Disease, 2020

DOI 10.1016/j.dld.2020.08.003 PMID 32891546 1 citation (OpenAlex) Source : OpenAlex

Comment on “Usefulness of Platelet-To-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Marker of Sarcopenia for Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia”

Annals of Vascular Surgery, 2020

DOI 10.1016/j.avsg.2020.06.045 PMID 32603843 Source : OpenAlex

Comment on “The effect of sarcopenia on perioperative complications in abdominally based free‐flap breast reconstruction”

Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2020

DOI 10.1002/jso.26201 PMID 32959384 Source : OpenAlex

The Influence of Sarcopenia on High-Risk Neuroblastoma

Journal of Surgical Research, 2019

DOI 10.1016/j.jss.2019.01.064 PMID 30836299 4 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Children

Journal of Surgical Research, 2019

DOI 10.1016/j.jss.2018.03.008 PMID 29615277 1 citation (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Impact of sarcopenic obesity on outcomes in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation.

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2019

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.01.026 PMID 30739808 4 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on “Early enteral nutrition is associated with reduced in-hospital mortality from sepsis in patients with sarcopenia”

Journal of Critical Care, 2019

DOI 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.10.021 PMID 30391113 2 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on “Body weight difference between dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis attenuates the equivalence of body composition assessment”

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019

DOI 10.1038/s41430-018-0243-6 PMID 30018459 Source : ORCID

Comment on “Prognostic and predictive implications of sarcopenia in Western patients undergoing gastric resections for carcinoma of the stomach”

Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2019

DOI 10.1002/jso.25745 PMID 31646645 Source : ORCID

Letter to the Editor concerning “Analysis of skeletal muscle mass in women over 40 with degenerative lumbar scoliosis” by Eguchi Y, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5845-0)

European Spine Journal, 2019

DOI 10.1007/s00586-019-05884-8 PMID 30666482 1 citation (Europe PMC) Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Letter to the Editor concerning “The association of back muscle strength and sarcopenia-related parameters in the patients with spinal disorders” by Toyoda H, et al. (Eur Spine J; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5858-8)

European Spine Journal, 2019

DOI 10.1007/s00586-019-05941-2 PMID 30864062 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Multiple Antihyperglycemic Drug Use is Associated with Undernutrition Among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study

Diabetes Therapy, 2019

DOI 10.1007/s13300-019-0602-x PMID 30924077 6 citations (Europe PMC) Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Sarcopenia and heart valve surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019

DOI 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.051 PMID 30901807 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

The Association of Sarcopenia and Bone Mineral Densitometry in a Small Population of Turkish Elderly (P21-048-19)

Current Developments in Nutrition, 2019

DOI 10.1093/cdn/nzz041.p21-048-19 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : OpenAlex

Age at First Osteoporosis Screening Among Older Women and Men: Is Bone Mineral Density Measurement Ordered Timely?

Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets, 2018

DOI 10.2174/1871530319666181226125756 PMID 30585552 2 citations (OpenAlex) Source : OpenAlex

Comment to “Preoperative sarcopenia determinants in pancreatic cancer patients”

Clinical Nutrition, 2018

DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.01.038 PMID 29454499 1 citation (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Assessment of geriatric predictors of adherence to Zoledronic acid treatment for osteoporosis: a prospective follow-up study

Acta Clinica Belgica: International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, 2018

DOI 10.1080/17843286.2017.1412863 PMID 29251181 5 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment on “Improvement of Body Composition and Quality of Life Following Intragastric Balloon”

Obesity Surgery, 2018

DOI 10.1007/s11695-018-3364-z PMID 29946752 1 citation (Europe PMC) Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID

Comment on “Prevalence of dynapenia and presarcopenia related to aging in adult community-dwelling Mexicans using two different cut-off points”

European Geriatric Medicine, 2018

DOI 10.1007/s41999-018-0046-2 PMID 34654243 Source : ORCID

Comment on: Sarcopenia is a Novel Predictor of the Need for Rescue Therapy in Hospitalised Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Journal of Crohn's & colitis, 2018

DOI 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy078 PMID 29893807 1 citation (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Comment to: The effect of sarcopenia on outcomes in geriatric blunt trauma

American Surgeon, 2018

DOI 10.1177/000313481808400611 PMID 30454540 2 citations (OpenAlex) Source : ORCID

Letter to the Editor. Thoracolumbar surgery and sarcopenia

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2018

DOI 10.3171/2017.12.spine171332 PMID 29498585 1 citation (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Mismatch between ADA and AGS recommendations for glycated hemoglobin targets for older adults

Primary Care Diabetes, 2018

DOI 10.1016/j.pcd.2018.01.003 PMID 29396204 4 citations (Europe PMC) Source : ORCID

Sarcopenia and gynecologic malignancy

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 2018

DOI 10.1097/igc.0000000000001177 PMID 29303930 Texte intégral en libre accèsSource : ORCID