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Doubling of 30-Day Mortality by 90 Days After Esophagectomy: A Critical Measure of Outcomes for Quality Improvement

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Surgery

Source URL: http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2016/02000/Doubling_of_30_Day_M…

Author(s)

In, Haejin; Palis, Bryan E.; Merkow, Ryan P.; Posner, Mitchell C.; Ferguson, Mark K.; Winchester, David P.; Pezzi, Christopher M.

30-day and 90-day mortality rates were compared using information from the National Cancer Data Base 2007-2011. Among nearly 16,000 esophagectomies, the 30-day mortality rate was 4.2% and the 90-day rate was 8.9%. 90-day mortality was uniquely associated with tumor location, tumor stage, and receipt of neoadjuvant therapy.