Relationship Between Postoperative Complications and the Prognosis of Gastric Carcinoma Patients Who Underwent Surgical Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether the presence of postoperative complications was associated with poor prognosis of gastric carcinoma (GC) patients remain controversial. This meta-analysis was designed and reported to compare the survival difference between patients with complications and non-complications.

Methods

Cochrane Library, PubMed and Embase databases were comprehensively searched for published literatures to review current evidence on this topic. The survival data were extracted, and a random-effect or fixed-effect model was used to analyze the correlation between postoperative complications and oncologic outcome of GC patients.

Results

Of all studies identified, 32 were eligible for this pooled analysis, with a total of 32,067 GC patients. The incidence of postoperative c

SUBMITTER: Chen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8204457 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature