Effectiveness of the presence of diabetologists for perioperative complications in patients with diabetes undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: A nationwide inpatient database in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

Little is known about the effect of diabetologists on perioperative complication risk. Given that colorectal cancer surgery is known to carry a high complication risk among patients with diabetes, this study aimed to examine the association between the presence of diabetologists at the facility level and the risk of perioperative complications during colorectal cancer surgery.

Materials and methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we sourced the number of board-certified diabetologists from the Japan Diabetes Society and combined it with Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) data, encompassing receipt data from acute care facilities across Japan. We used a modified Poisson model to estimate the risk of perioperative complications associated with the pres

SUBMITTER: Shikata M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12578665 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature