Cost of postoperative complications of lower anterior resection for rectal cancer: a nationwide registry study of 15,187 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the increase in hospital costs associated with postoperative complications after lower anterior resection (LAR) for rectal cancer.

Methods

The subjects of this retrospective analysis were patients who underwent elective LAR surgery between April, 2015 and March, 2017, collected from a Japanese nationwide gastroenterological surgery registry linked to hospital-based claims data. We evaluated total and category-specific hospitalization costs based on the level of postoperative complications categorized using the Clavien-Dindo (CD) classification. We assessed the relative increase in hospital costs, adjusting for preoperative factors and hospital case volume.

Results

We identified 15,187 patients (mean age 66.8) treated at 884 hospitals. Overall, 71.8%

SUBMITTER: Kumamaru H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9700610 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature