Surgery for gastric cancer is associated with significant major morbidity and an estimated mortality rate of about 5%. A reliable comparison of post-operative outcomes is hampered by the lack of a clear, universally recognized, definition of the most frequent complications. This paper reports the final results of a project launched by the Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer in September 2015, whose goal was to propose a comprehensive list of surgical-related, gastric cancer-specific complications, with their definitions. The project was carried out through a multicentric, mainly web-based, consensus of experts. The proposed list, following assessment and validation by a group of experts of the European Chapter of the International Gastric Cancer Association, will form the basis for implementing a "Complications Recording Sheet" that can be disseminated worldwide for proper and reliable post-operative assessment.
Baiocchi, G. L., Giacopuzzi, S., Marrelli, D., Bencivenga, M., Morgagni, P., Rosa, F., Berselli, M., Orsenigo, E., Cananzi, F., Tiberio, G., Rausei, S., Cozzaglio, L., Degiuli, M., Di Leo, A., Fumagalli, U., Portolani, N., Rosati, R., Roviello, F., De Manzoni, G., Complications after gastrectomy for cancer: Italian perspective, <<UPDATES IN SURGERY>>, 2017; 69 (3): 285-288. [doi:10.1007/s13304-017-0478-0] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/223396]
Complications after gastrectomy for cancer: Italian perspective
Rosa, Fausto;
2017
Abstract
Surgery for gastric cancer is associated with significant major morbidity and an estimated mortality rate of about 5%. A reliable comparison of post-operative outcomes is hampered by the lack of a clear, universally recognized, definition of the most frequent complications. This paper reports the final results of a project launched by the Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer in September 2015, whose goal was to propose a comprehensive list of surgical-related, gastric cancer-specific complications, with their definitions. The project was carried out through a multicentric, mainly web-based, consensus of experts. The proposed list, following assessment and validation by a group of experts of the European Chapter of the International Gastric Cancer Association, will form the basis for implementing a "Complications Recording Sheet" that can be disseminated worldwide for proper and reliable post-operative assessment.
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