Clinical outcomes of patients with complicated post-operative course after gastrectomy for cancer: a GIRCG study using the GASTRODATA registry

Gastrectomy for gastric cancer is still performed in Western countries with high morbidity and mortality. Post-operative complications are frequent, and effective diagnosis and treatment of complications is crucial to lower the mortality rates. In 2015, a project was launched by the EGCA with the ai...

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Veröffentlicht in:Updates in Surgery 2023-02, Vol.75 (2), p.419-427
Hauptverfasser: Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Giacopuzzi, Simone, Vittimberga, Giovanni, De Pascale, Stefano, Pastorelli, Elisabetta, Gelmini, Roberta, Viganò, Jacopo, Graziosi, Luigina, Vagliasindi, Alessio, Rosa, Fausto, Steccanella, Francesca, Demartini, Paolo, Reddavid, Rossella, Berselli, Mattia, Elmore, Ugo, Romario, Uberto Fumagalli, Degiuli, Maurizio, Morgagni, Paolo, Marrelli, Daniele, D’Ugo, Domenico, Rosati, Riccardo, De Manzoni, Giovanni
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Zusammenfassung:Gastrectomy for gastric cancer is still performed in Western countries with high morbidity and mortality. Post-operative complications are frequent, and effective diagnosis and treatment of complications is crucial to lower the mortality rates. In 2015, a project was launched by the EGCA with the aim of building an agreement on list and definitions of post-operative complications specific for gastrectomy. In 2018, the platform www.gastrodata.org was launched for collecting cases by utilizing this new complication list. In the present paper, the Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer endorsed a collection of complicated cases in the period 2015–2019, with the aim of investigating the clinical pictures, diagnostic modalities, and treatment approaches, as well as outcome measures of patients experiencing almost one post-operative complication. Fifteen centers across Italy provided 386 cases with a total of 538 complications (mean 1.4 complication/patient). The most frequent complications were non-surgical infections (gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and urinary) and anastomotic leaks, accounting for 29.2% and 17.3% of complicated patients, with a median Clavien–Dindo score of II and IIIB, respectively. Overall mortality of this series was 12.4%, while mortality of patients with anastomotic leak was 25.4%. The clinical presentation with systemic septic signs, the timing of diagnosis, and the hospital volume were the most relevant factors influencing outcome.
ISSN:2038-131X
2038-3312
DOI:10.1007/s13304-022-01318-1