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. 2019 Jan;22(1):172-189.
doi: 10.1007/s10120-018-0839-5. Epub 2018 May 30.

International consensus on a complications list after gastrectomy for cancer

Gian Luca Baiocchi  1   2 , Simone Giacopuzzi  3 , Daniele Marrelli  4 , Daniel Reim  5 , Guillaume Piessen  6 , Paulo Matos da Costa  7   8 , John V Reynolds  9 , Hans-Joachim Meyer  10 , Paolo Morgagni  11 , Ines Gockel  12 , Lucio Lara Santos  13 , Lone Susanne Jensen  14 , Thomas Murphy  15 , Shaun R Preston  16 , Mikhail Ter-Ovanesov  17 , Uberto Fumagalli Romario  18 , Maurizio Degiuli  19 , Wojciech Kielan  20 , Stefan Mönig  21 , Piotr Kołodziejczyk  22 , Wojciech Polkowski  23 , Richard Hardwick  24 , Manuel Pera  25 , Jan Johansson  26 , Paul M Schneider  27 , Wobbe O de Steur  28 , Suzanne S Gisbertz  29 , Henk Hartgrink  28 , Joanna W van Sandick  30 , Nazario Portolani  31   32 , Arnulf H Hölscher  33 , Maristella Botticini  34 , Franco Roviello  4 , Christophe Mariette  6 , William Allum  35 , Giovanni De Manzoni  3
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International consensus on a complications list after gastrectomy for cancer

Gian Luca Baiocchi et al. Gastric Cancer. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Background: Perioperative complications can affect outcomes after gastrectomy for cancer, with high mortality and morbidity rates ranging between 10 and 40%. The absence of a standardized system for recording complications generates wide variation in evaluating their impacts on outcomes and hinders proposals of quality-improvement projects. The aim of this study was to provide a list of defined gastrectomy complications approved through international consensus.

Methods: The Gastrectomy Complications Consensus Group consists of 34 European gastric cancer experts who are members of the International Gastric Cancer Association. A group meeting established the work plan for study implementation through Delphi surveys. A consensus was reached regarding a set of standardized methods to define gastrectomy complications.

Results: A standardized list of 27 defined complications (grouped into 3 intraoperative, 14 postoperative general, and 10 postoperative surgical complications) was created to provide a simple but accurate template for recording individual gastrectomy complications. A consensus was reached for both the list of complications that should be considered major adverse events after gastrectomy for cancer and their specific definitions. The study group also agreed that an assessment of each surgical case should be completed at patient discharge and 90 days postoperatively using a Complication Recording Sheet.

Conclusion: The list of defined complications (soon to be validated in an international multicenter study) and the ongoing development of an electronic datasheet app to record them provide the basic infrastructure to reach the ultimate goals of standardized international data collection, establishment of benchmark results, and fostering of quality-improvement projects.

Keywords: Clavien–Dindo classification; Comprehensive Complications Index; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; International consensus; Perioperative complications.

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