Liver disease and 30-day mortality after colorectal cancer surgery: a Danish population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is common, with surgery as the main curative treatment. The prevalence of chronic liver disease has increased, but knowledge is limited on postoperative mortality in patients with liver disease who undergo CRC surgery. Hence, we examined 30-day mortality after CRC surgery in patients with liver disease compared to those without liver disease.

Methods

We used medical databases to conduct a nationwide cohort study of all patients undergoing CRC surgery in Denmark from 1996 through 2009. We further identified patients diagnosed with any liver disease before CRC surgery and categorized them into two cohorts: patients with non-cirrhotic liver disease and patients with liver cirrhosis. Patients without liver disease were defined as the comparison

SUBMITTER: Montomoli J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3637330 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature