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- Title
Post-operative complications of gastric cancer surgery: female gender at high risk.
- Authors
Sah, B. K.; Zhu, Z. G.; Wang, X. Y.; Yang, Q. M.; Chen, M. M.; Xiang, M.; Chen, J.; Yan, M.
- Abstract
We applied physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of morbidity and mortality (POSSUM) to evaluate overall surgical outcome and investigated the role of gender for early post-operative complications in gastric cancer surgery. The data from a total of 357 patients of gastric cancer were analysed by univariate and multivariate analysis. Post-operative complications were recorded according to definition of POSSUM. Post-operative complications of male and female patients were compared separately. The observed to estimated morbidity ratio (O:E) was 1.01. Among the pre-operative variables, patient gender was one of the independent risk factors for a higher rate of post-operative complications (risk ratio 1.777, P = 0.024). Post-operative complication was significantly higher in female patients. Similarly, post-operative length of stay was significantly longer and more severe complications were observed in female patients ( P = 0.03). In conclusion, POSSUM system is a valid algorithm for risk-adjusted surgical audit. We conclude that a patient's gender influences the early post-operative complications after gastric cancer surgery. A detailed understanding on disparity of early post-operative complications between men and women may provide valuable information to improve surgical outcome of gastric cancer. However, results of this study need further confirmation by a prospective study involving a larger cohort.
- Subjects
SURGICAL complications; STOMACH cancer; STOMACH surgery; GENDER differences (Psychology); HEALTH outcome assessment; PATIENTS; SURGERY
- Publication
European Journal of Cancer Care, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 2, p202
- ISSN
0961-5423
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01036.x