Postoperative 30-day mortality may underestimate the risk of esophagectomy
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0274.2015.09.012
- VernacularTitle:术后30天病死率低估了食管癌手术风险
- Author:
Chuan HUANG
1
;
Yongbo YANG
;
Wanpu YAN
;
Liang DAI
;
Xiaozheng KANG
;
Keneng CHEN
Author Information
1. 100142,北京大学肿瘤医院暨北京市肿瘤防治研究所胸外一科 恶性肿瘤发病机制及转化研究教育部重点实验室
- Keywords:
Esophageal neoplasms;
Esophagectomy;
Mortality
- From:
Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
2015;(9):897-900
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To summarize the mortality of esophagectomy in our series and compare the different mortalities based on 30-day deaths and 90-day deaths postoperatively. Methods A total of 954 patients undergoing esophagectomy by single-surgeon-team between January 2000 and December 2012 from our prospective database were enrolled. The mortalities based on 30-day and 90-day deaths postoperatively were compared, and the causes of deaths within 30 days and 90 days were analyzed. Results Among all these 954 patients, a total of 20 postoperative deaths (2.1%) were observed: 11 within 30 days (1.1%) and 9 between 30 and 90 days after surgery (1.0%). The reasons for deaths within 30 days were as follows: 3 for respiratory failure related to anastomotic leakage,1 for bleeding after stenting due to anastomotic fistula, 1 for sepsis, 3 for respiratory failure from presenting preoperative respiratory morbidities, 2 for cardiac arrest caused by preoperative heart disorder, and 1 for multiple organ failure caused by early adjuvant chemotoxicity. The reasons for deaths between 30 and 90 days were as follows: 1 for respiratory failure related to anastomotic leakage , 1 for cardiac arrest from preoperative heart disorder, 1 for cerebrovascular accident, 1 for liver failure from liver cirrhosis presenting preoperatively, 1 for renal failure after operation, 1 for tumor progression and 2 for unknown reasons. Conclusion Since postoperative mortality calculated based on 30 days deaths postoperatively may underestimate the risk of esophagectomy, mortality calculated based on 90 days may be a better option.
