Morbidity, Mortality, Cost, and Survival Estimates of Gastrointestinal Anastomotic Leaks

Cost–Benefit Analysis of the Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery Program in Liver Surgery

“…This can be linked, if there is a gain as it was not significant, to the reduced overall complication rate and LoS observed in the ERAS group. A postoperative complication results in increased medical resources (consultation, non-surgical procedures, etc), therefore increasing the medical care costs [28,29]. ERAS also had a significant cost-benefit effect on the radiology and a non statistically significant costbenefit effect on the medication.…”

Cost analysis of leak after sleeve gastrectomy

“…As healthcare systems are operating under significant resource constraint, it is important to know the cost of healthcare interventions, to treat complications and their cost effectiveness. To the best of our knowledge, there are limited reports regarding the healthcare cost of treating leaks after LSG [11][12][13][14][15].…”

Reducing gastrointestinal anastomotic leak rates: review of challenges and solutions

“…4,[17][18][19] Studies evaluating nutritional supplementation tend to evaluate overall complications (including anastomotic leak), but few break out anastomotic leak alone. In addition, we must strongly consider the type (parenteral vs enteral) and timing (preoperative or postoperative) of nutritional supplementation.…”

“…3 In addition, in the new world of tighter health care spending, we must also be aware that anastomotic leaks have a significant financial impact on hospitals as well. 4 This review is intended to delineate the potential modifications that can be made to reduce the risk of anastomotic leaks following gastrointestinal (GI) surgery. It may also serve to aid in identifying patients who are at increased risk of anastomotic leak.…”