The comprehensive complication index (CCI): proposal of a new reporting standard for complications in major urological surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The comprehensive complication index (CCI) is a new tool for reporting the cumulative burden of postoperative complications on a continuous scale. This study validates the CCI for urological surgery and its benefits over the Clavien-Dindo-Classification (Clavien).

Material and methods

Data from a prospectively maintained data base of all consecutive patients at a university care-center was analyzed. Complications after radical cystectomy (RC), radical prostatectomy (RP), and partial nephrectomy (PN) were classified using the CCI and Clavien system. Differences in complications between the CCI and the Clavien were assessed and correlation analyses performed. Sample size calculations for hypothetical clinical trials were compared between CCI and Clavien to evaluate whe

SUBMITTER: Kowalewski KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8166677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature