Estimation of the postoperative fatality window in colorectal cancer surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative death measured 30 days after surgery is a conventional quality metric, whereas intervals up to 90 days are increasingly used, although data-driven time windows have scarcely been investigated.

Methods

The Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry was used to identify all patients subjected resection for colorectal cancer between 2007 and 2020. All patients were followed up until 180 days after surgery. A join-point statistical hazard model was used to model a declining hazard to a transition point, followed by a stable death rate. This method was subsequently applied to describe postoperative deaths for the entire cohort and subgroups according to tumour location (colon and rectum).

Results

Some 56 096 patients electively operated on for colorectal c

SUBMITTER: Rutegard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11758370 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature