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A Risk Model for Esophagectomy Using Data of 5354 Patients Included in a Japanese Nationwide Web-Based Database

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Surgery

Source URL: http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2014/08000/A_Risk_Model_for_Eso…

Author(s)

Takeuchi, Hiroya; Miyata, Hiroaki; Gotoh, Mitsukazu; Kitagawa, Yuko MD; Baba, Hideo; Kimura, Wataru; Tomita, Naohiro; Nakagoe, Tohru; Shimada, Mitsuo; Sugihara, Kenichi; Mori, Masaki

A risk model of mortality associated with esophagectomy in Japan was developed using variables identified in the ACS NSQIP program. 30-day and overall surgical mortality rates were 1.2% and 3.4%, and the morbidity rate was 42%. Morbidity was higher after minimally invasive esophagectomy. Mortality was related to difficulty with ADLs, recent smoking, greater preoperative weight loss, male sex, and COPD.