Introduction: Anastomotic leakage is one of the most serious surgical complications that can increase the potential postoperative morbidity, mortality, and overall costs of patient care. Aim of study: To assess the economic burden of anastomotic leakage and to estimate its major clinical effects on patient evaluation.Materials and methods: We retrospectively reviewed single-surgeon data about patients who underwent surgical intervention for colorectal cancer at the 2nd Surgery Department of the Mureș County Emergency Clinical Hospital between January 2019 and July 2020. We assessed general characteristics, surgical data, postoperative information, oncologic results, and financial aspects for each patient. Depending on the presence of anastomotic leakage, patients were divided into two groups: a study group (SG) – patients with postoperative anastomotic failure, and a control Group (CG) – patients without postoperative anastomotic failure.Results: Patients with anastomotic leakage presented increased use of antibiotics, greater number of surgical reinterventions, longer period of intensive care treatment, prolonged hospitalization, increased overall costs, and significantly greater financial loss for the hospital.Conclusion: Anastomotic leakage leads to important negative effects, including longer hospitalization, prolonged intensive care unit stay, greater incidence of surgical reintervention, increased hospitalization costs, and significant financial loss.
Introducere: Cancerul colorectal (CRC) se numără printre principalele cauze de deces cauzate de cancer în întreaga lume. Pacienţii vârstnici sunt adesea consideraţi ca fiind o categorie cu risc crescut, predispuşi la complicaţii postoperatorii. Materiale şi metode: 138 pacienţi cu vârsta de peste 75 de ani şi diagnosticaţi cu cancer colorectal au fost revizuiţi retrospectiv. Pacienţii au fost împărţiţi în două grupuri: Grupul de studiupacienţii care au dezvoltat complicaţii postoperatorii, şi Grupul de control-pacienţii fără probleme în perioada postoperatorie. Au fost comparate date clinice, preoperatorii, chirurgicale, postoperatorii şi oncologice. Scopul studiului a fost de a determina posibili factori de risc în apariţia complicaţiilor postoperatorii şi de a analiza influenţa acestora asupra mortalităţii. Rezultate: Factori de risc cum ar fi sexul bărbătesc, obezitate, insuficienţa cardiacă, diabet zaharat tip II, anemie severă, hipoproteinemie, clasificare ASA III-IV, intervenţiile chirurgicale efectuate în urgenţă, timp operator îndelungat, sângerări semnificative intra-operatorie, internare prelungită, localizare distală a formaţiunilor tumorale, stadiile TNM III-IV, antecedente de cancer digestiv operat sau alte operaţii abdominale majore necanceroase efectuate au fost identificaţi. Concluzii: Tratamentul chirurgical al cancerului colorectal în cazul populaţiei cu vârstă înaintată rămâne o provocare, această categorie de pacienţi trebuie să beneficieze de o atenţie deosebită pentru a asigura o şansă de a minimaliza sau evita aceste complicaţii.
Introduction. Smoking is an important public health issue nowadays. It causes a lot of diseases and represents also a source of carcinogenic substances. Recent studies showed an increased incidence of colorectal cancer in smokers. The aim of our study is to assess the association between smoking and colorectal cancer and to establish the prevalence of heavy smokers among the patients operated on for colorectal cancer.Methodology. We run a retrospective study of the charts belonging to the patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer and operated on in our department between 2004 and 2013. The patients were classified in smokers, former smokers and nonsmokers. The amount of tobacco was evaluated according to the number of smoked cigarettes per day, the smoking period, respectively the pack-years. The data were corroborated with the location of the tumor and analyzed using the online version of Graphpad.Results. From 982 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, we found 297 smokers (30.24%). Among these, 106 patients (35.69%) have smoked for over 30 years, at least 20 cigarettes per day, more than 30 pack-years. The number of heavy smokers was significantly greater (p=0.0001) in the group with rectal cancer compared to the group with colon cancer. The association of smoking with rectal cancer was also important (p=0.0015) among the former smokers.Conclusions. Smoking is related to higher incidence of colorectal cancer. Our data sustain the hypothesis of increased risk of developing rectal cancer in heavy smokers. We recommend the screening for colorectal cancer among the heavy smoker population.
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