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Endo Y, Tsilimigras DI, Munir MM, Woldesenbet S, Yang J, Guglielmi A, Ratti F, Marques HP, Cauchy F, Lam V, Poultsides GA, Kitago M, Popescu I, Alexandrescu S, Martel G, Gleisner A, Hugh T, Aldrighetti L, Shen F, Endo I, Pawlik TM. Prognostic significance of postoperative complications for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma relative to alpha-feto protein and tumor burden score. HPB (Oxford) 2024; 26:998-1006. [PMID: 38724439 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2024.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND We sought to elucidate the impact of postoperative complications on patient outcomes relative to differences in alpha-fetoprotein-tumor burden score (ATS) among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Patients who underwent resection of HCC between 2000 and 2020 were identified from an international database. Moderate/severe complications were defined using the optimal cut-off value of the comprehensive complication index (CCI) based on the log-rank test. RESULTS A total of 1124 patients was included. CCI cut-off value of 16.6 was identified as the optimal prognostic threshold. Patients who experienced moderate/severe complications were more likely to have worse recurrence free survival [RFS] versus individuals who had no/mild complications (2-year RFS; no/mild complication: 55.9% vs. moderate/severe complication: 38.1% p < 0.001). Of note, low and medium ATS patients who experienced moderate/severe complications had a higher risk of recurrence (2-year RFS; no/mild complication: postoperative complications 70.0% vs. moderate/severe complication: 51.1%, p = 0.006; medium: no/mild complication: 50.8% vs moderate/severe complication: 56.7%, p = 0.01); however, postoperative complications were not associated with worse outcomes among patients with high ATS (no/mild complication: 39.1% vs. moderate/severe complication: 29.2%, p = 0.20). CONCLUSION These data serve to emphasize how reduction in postoperative complications may be crucial to improve prognosis, particularly among patients with favorable HCC characteristics.
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- Yutaka Endo
- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery, APHP, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France
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- Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery IV, The Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Ortiz López D, Marchena Gómez J, Nogués Ramia EM, Sosa Quesada Y, Arencibia Pérez B, Artiles Armas M, Gil García J, Roque Castellano C. Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at diagnosis in colorectal cancer: propensity score analysis. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS 2024. [PMID: 38258802 DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10041/2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) at the time of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis has been proposed as a predictor of long-term survival. The aim of the study was to analyse its usefulness in a homogeneous population with control of the main confounding factors. METHODOLOGY Observational study of 836 patients operated on for CRC who were divided into two groups: NLR ≤ 3.3 vs NLR > 3.3. To control for confounders, they were matched one-to-one by propensity analysis. A final sample of 526 patients remained for study. RESULTS The two groups were mismatched in terms of age, comorbidity, tumour stage, rectal location, and neoadjuvant therapy. Once matching was performed, baseline NLR was statistically significantly associated with long-term survival (p < 0.001) and behaved as an independent prognostic factor for survival (p = 0.001; HR: 1,996; 95% CI: 1.32-3.00) when adjusted in a Cox regression model using age (p < 0,001; HR: 1,04; IC95%: 1,02-1,06) and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (p < 0,001; HR: 1,40; IC95%: 1,27-1,55). Neoadjuvant therapy lost its statistical significance (p = 0,137; HR: 1,59; IC95%: 0,86-2,93). CONCLUSIONS A high baseline NLR (> 3.3) in patients with colorectal cancer at diagnosis represents a poor prognostic factor in terms of survival. Its use in routine practice could intensify therapeutic strategies and follow-up in these patients.
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- David Ortiz López
- Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, España
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- Cirugía General y del Aparatp Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín
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- Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín
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- Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín
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- Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, España
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- Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín
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- Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín
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Abe T, Yamada S, Kikuchi H, Sazawa A, Katano H, Suzuki H, Takeuchi I, Minami K, Morita K, Tsuchiya K, Takada N, Maru S, Sato S, Yamashita T, Mochizuki T, Akino T, Sasaki Y, Shinno Y, Murahashi N, Kawazu T, Furumido J, Miyata H, Matsumoto R, Osawa T, Murai S, Shinohara N. Impact of postoperative complications on long-term survival in bladder cancer patients. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2023; 53:966-976. [PMID: 37461191 PMCID: PMC10550200 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyad079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of postoperative complications on long-term survival outcomes in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy. METHODS This retrospective multi-institutional study included 766 bladder cancer patients who underwent radical cystectomy between 2011 and 2017. Patient characteristics, perioperative outcomes, all complications within 90 days after surgery and survival outcomes were collected. Each complication was graded based on the Clavien-Dindo system, and grouped using a standardized grouping method. The Comprehensive Complication Index, which incorporates all complications into a single formula weighted by their severity, was utilized. Overall survival and recurrence-free survival (local, distant or urothelial recurrences) were stratified by Comprehensive Complication Index (high: ≥26.2; low: <26.2). A multivariate model was utilized to identify independent prognostic factors. RESULTS The incidence of any and major complications (≥Clavien-Dindo grade III) was 70 and 24%, respectively. In terms of Comprehensive Complication Index, 34% (261/766) of the patients had ≥26.2. Patients with Comprehensive Complication Index ≥ 26.2 had shorter overall survival (4-year, 59.5 vs. 69.8%, respectively, log-rank test, P = 0.0037) and recurrence free survival (51.9 vs. 60.1%, respectively, P = 0.0234), than those with Comprehensive Complication Index < 26.2. The Cox multivariate model identified the age, performance status, pT-stage, pN-stage and higher CCI (overall survival: HR = 1.35, P = 0.0174, recurrence-free survival: HR = 1.26, P = 0.0443) as independent predictors of both overall survivial and recurrence-free survival. CONCLUSIONS Postoperative complications assessed by Comprehensive Complication Index had adverse effects on long-term survival outcomes. Physicians should be aware that major postoperative complications can adversely affect long-term disease control.
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- Takashige Abe
- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Urology, Teine-Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Obihiro Kousei Hospital, Obihiro, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Iwamizawa Municipal General Hospital, Iwamizawa, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hakodate Central Hospital, Hakodate, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Tomakomai City Hospital, Tomakomai, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kushiro City General Hospital, Kushiro, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido Cancer Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Jinyukai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Ebetsu City Hospital, Ebetsu, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Abashiri Kousei Hospital, Abashiri, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Asahikawa Kousei Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan
- Department of Urology, JCHO Sapporo Hokushin Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido Urology Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Urology, Teine-Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Madadi-Sanjani O, Brendel J, Kuebler JF, Ure BM. Definition, Documentation, and Classification of Complications in Pediatric Surgical Literature-A Plea for Standardization. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2023; 33:105-113. [PMID: 36720251 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1760835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Severity grading systems for complications in surgical patients have been used since 1992. An increasing assessment of these instruments in pediatric surgery is also noticed, without their validation in children. To analyze the current practice, we performed a literature review with focus on the assessment and grading of complications. The review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Studies reporting on postoperative complications as a primary or secondary endpoint using a severity grading system were included. Definition for simple adverse events, classification systems used, and the time horizon of postoperative documentation were analyzed. A total of 566 articles were screened, of which 36 met the inclusion criteria. About 86.1% of the papers were retrospective and 13.9% prospective analyses. None of the studies were prospective-randomized trials. Twenty (55.6%) studies did not include a definition of adverse events, whereas the remaining 16 (44.4%) showed variations in their definitions. All studies applied the Clavien-Dindo classification, whereas five (13.9%) additionally used the Comprehensive Complication Index. One study compared alternative grading instruments with the Clavien-Dindo classification, without demonstrating the superiority of any classification in pediatric surgery. Twenty-two studies (61.1%) did not report the time horizon of perioperative complication documentation, while 8 studies (22.2%) used 30 days and 6 studies (16.7%) used 3 months of postoperative documentation. Definition and classification of postoperative complications are inconsistent in the pediatric surgical literature. Establishment of a standardized protocol is mandatory to accurately compare outcome data.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Madadi-Sanjani O, Brendel J, Uecker M, Pfister ED, Baumann U, Ohlendorf J, Kuebler JF. Accumulation of Postoperative Unexpected Events Assessed by the Comprehensive Complication Index ® as Prognostic Outcome Parameters for Kasai Procedure. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 9:children9101590. [PMID: 36291526 PMCID: PMC9600743 DOI: 10.3390/children9101590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction The Kasai procedure in children with biliary atresia (BA) is associated with several complications in the short-term. The Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI®) is a validated metric in adult surgery for the analysis of complications and morbidity in surgical patients. We aimed to analyze the CCI® for the first time in BA infants and to correlate its association with outcomes. Material and Methods We conducted a retrospective review of medical records of infants with type III BA undergoing the Kasai procedure between January 2011 and December 2021 at our institution. All unexpected events were ranked according to the Clavien−Dindo classification, and the CCI® per patient was subsequently calculated. Clavien−Dindo grades, individual events, CCI®, and total event numbers per patient were correlated with one- and two-year outcomes post-surgery. Results A total of 131 events were identified in 101 patients (ranging 0−11 per patient). Forty-four Grade I (33.6%), 67 Grade II (51.1%), 18 Grade III (13.7%), and two sentinel events [>Grade IV] (1.5%) were documented according to Clavien−Dindo, including one death in a cardiac-associated BA patient. None of the complications significantly correlated with a poor outcome. Sixty-three (62.4%) CCI® scores were calculated (range 0−100). The mean CCI® score during the in-patient treatment post-surgery was significantly higher in patients with a poorer outcome than patients with native liver survival at one- and two-year follow-up (22.7 ± 21.7 vs. 13.2 ± 18.1; p = 0.02). Conclusion Not the severity of complications, but the accumulation of numerous events related to Kasai procedure were associated with a poorer outcome. Therefore, the CCI® is an excellent instrument for the postoperative morbidity assessment of BA patients.
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- Omid Madadi-Sanjani
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-511-5329043; Fax: +49-511-5328095
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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