Outcomes of emergency surgical interventions in right-sided colonic cancer: nationwide population-based study based on Danish Colorectal Cancer Group register.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to investigate the trends in morbidity and mortality of patients with right-sided colonic cancer who had an emergency surgical procedure in Denmark after the introduction of quality index parameters.

Methods

This was a retrospective nationwide study based on a prospectively maintained Danish Colorectal Cancer Group database focused on right-sided colonic cancer in the interval from 1 May 2001 to 30 April 2018, who underwent emergency surgical intervention (within 48 h of hospital admission). The primary objective was to investigate the trends in morbidity and mortality throughout the study years. Multivariable estimates were adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, alcohol consumption, ASA score classification, tumour localization, type of access

SUBMITTER: El-Hussuna A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9942550 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature