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. 2019 Jan;33(1):58-70.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6268-z. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

Comparison of short-term and long-term efficacy of laparoscopic and open gastrectomy in high-risk patients with gastric cancer: a propensity score-matching analysis

Bin-Bin Xu #  1   2   3 , Jun Lu #  1   2   3 , Zhi-Fang Zheng #  1   2   3 , Chang-Ming Huang  4   5   6 , Chao-Hui Zheng  7   8   9 , Jian-Wei Xie  1   2   3 , Jia-Bin Wang  1   2   3 , Jian-Xian Lin  1   2   3 , Qi-Yue Chen  1   2   3 , Long-Long Cao  1   2   3 , Mi Lin  1   2   3 , Ru-Hong Tu  1   2   3 , Ze-Ning Huang  1   2   3 , Ping Li  10   11   12 , Ju-Li Lin  1   2   3
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Comparison of short-term and long-term efficacy of laparoscopic and open gastrectomy in high-risk patients with gastric cancer: a propensity score-matching analysis

Bin-Bin Xu et al. Surg Endosc. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Background: To determine whether laparoscopic surgery can be used in high-risk patients with gastric cancer.

Methods: The clinicopathological data of 3743 patients with primary gastric adenocarcinoma, collected from January 2007 to December 2014, were retrospectively analyzed. Patients who had ≥ 1 of the following conditions were defined as high-risk patients: (1) age ≥ 80 years; (2) BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2; (3) ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) grade ≥ 3; or (4) clinical T stage 4 (cT4). Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to reduce confounding bias; then, we compared the short-term and long-term efficacy of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) with open gastrectomy (OG) in high-risk patients with gastric cancer.

Results: A total of 1296 patients were included in PSM. After PSM, no significant difference in clinicopathological data was observed between the LG group (n = 341) and the OG group (n = 341). The operative time (181.70 vs. 266.71 min, p < 0.001) and blood loss during the operation (68.11 vs. 225.54 ml, p < 0.001) in the LG group were significantly lower than those in the OG group. In the LG and OG groups, postoperative complications occurred in 39 (11.4%) and 63 (18.5%) patients, respectively, p = 0.010. Multivariate analysis showed that laparoscopic surgery was an independent protective factor against postoperative complications (p = 0.019). The number of risk factors was an independent risk factor for postoperative complications (p = 0.021). The 5-year overall survival rate in the LG group was comparable to that in the OG group (55.0 vs. 52.0%, p = 0.086). Hierarchical analysis further confirmed that the LG and OG groups exhibited comparable survival rates among patients with stages cI, pI, cII, pII, cIII, and pIII (all p > 0.05).

Conclusions: For high-risk patients with gastric cancer, LG not only exhibits better short-term efficacy than OG but also has a comparable 5-year survival rate to OG.

Keywords: Complication; Gastric cancer; High-risk patients; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Prognosis; Propensity score matching.

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