Intraoperative adverse events as a risk factor for local recurrence of rectal cancer after resection surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Failure to achieve a radical resection as well as intraoperative rectal perforation are important risk factors for local recurrence after rectal cancer surgery, but the importance of other intraoperative adverse events for the prognosis is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of intraoperative adverse events during rectal cancer surgery, and to determine whether these were associated with an increased risk of local recurrence.

Methods

A retrospective population-based cohort study was undertaken, including all patients in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden, who had undergone primary resection surgery for rectal cancer diagnosed between 2010 and 2014, registered in the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry. Data were retrieved from the registry and through

SUBMITTER: Waldenstedt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9306731 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature