Weekday-dependent long-term outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer surgery: a German population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For most solid cancers, surgery represents the mainstay of curative treatment. Several studies investigating the effects of the weekday of surgery (WOS) on patient outcomes have yielded conflicting results. Barmer, the second-largest health insurance company in Germany, serves roughly 10% of the German population. The authors have used the Barmer database to evaluate how the weekday on which the surgery is performed influences long-term oncologic outcomes.

Methods

For this retrospective cohort study, the Barmer database was used to investigate the effect of the WOS (Monday-Friday) on outcomes following oncological resections of the colorectum ( n =49 003), liver ( n =1302), stomach ( n =5027), esophagus ( n =1126), and pancreas ( n =6097). In total, 62 555 cases f

SUBMITTER: Maier CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10583906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature