Influence of Comorbidity and Age on 1-, 2-, and 3-Month Postoperative Mortality Rates in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients

Background Studies on the impact of comorbidity and age on postoperative outcome after gastrointestinal tumor resection are scarce. In this study we investigated the impact of comorbidity and age on 30-, 60-, and 90-day mortality after resection of esophageal, gastric, periampullary, colon, and rect...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of surgical oncology 2013-02, Vol.20 (2), p.371-380
Hauptverfasser: van Gestel, Yvette R. B. M., Lemmens, Valery E. P. P., de Hingh, Ignace H. J. T., Steevens, Jessie, Rutten, Harm J. T., Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A. P., van Dam, Ronald M., Siersema, Peter D.
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Zusammenfassung:Background Studies on the impact of comorbidity and age on postoperative outcome after gastrointestinal tumor resection are scarce. In this study we investigated the impact of comorbidity and age on 30-, 60-, and 90-day mortality after resection of esophageal, gastric, periampullary, colon, and rectal cancer. Methods The study included 8,583 patients recorded in the population-based Netherlands Cancer Registry, regions Eindhoven (Eindhoven Cancer Registry) and Mid and South Limburg, who underwent resection for cancer stage I–III. Patients were diagnosed between 2005 and 2010. Age was categorized as
ISSN:1068-9265
1534-4681
DOI:10.1245/s10434-012-2663-1