Kanno H, Takano Y, Kai W, Takahashi S, Tsukihara S, Kobayashi Y, Hanyu N, Eto K. Association of Cholinesterase With Postoperative Pneumonia After Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer.
J Surg Res 2024;
296:123-129. [PMID:
38277947 DOI:
10.1016/j.jss.2023.12.028]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Cholinesterase is a classical marker that reflects nutritional and inflammatory status. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between serum cholinesterase levels and postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This retrospective study comprised 108 patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer. We comprehensively investigated the association between clinicopathological variables and postoperative infectious complications after gastrectomy. Then patients were divided into the cholinesterase-high and -low groups to analyze their clinicopathological variables. Finally, we analyzed the types of infectious complications that were most associated with preoperative serum cholinesterase levels.
RESULTS
Twenty-six patients (24%) developed postoperative infectious complications. Multivariate analysis revealed that serum cholinesterase levels (P = 0.026) and N stage (P = 0.009) were independent risk factors for postoperative infectious complications. In particular, the incidence of pneumonia (P = 0.001) was significantly higher in the cholinesterase-low group. Age (P = 0.023), cerebrovascular comorbidities (P = 0.006), serum cholinesterase levels (P = 0.013), and total gastrectomy (P = 0.017) were identified as independent risk factors for postoperative pneumonia.
CONCLUSIONS
Preoperative serum cholinesterase levels were associated with postoperative pneumonia after gastrectomy for gastric cancer, suggesting the importance of preoperative nutritional assessment in gastric cancer surgery.
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