Prediction of Morbidity and Mortality After Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer has a complication rate of up to 60%. Prediction models could be helpful to preoperatively estimate which patients are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to determine the best prediction models for morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy and to identify commonalities among the models.

Patients and methods

A systematic review was performed in accordance to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement and was prospectively registered in PROSPERO ( https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/ , study ID CRD42022350846). Pubmed, Embase, and Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science Core Collection were searched for studies published between 2010 and August 2022. The

SUBMITTER: van Nieuw Amerongen MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997705 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature