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Multicenter Study
. 2021 Jan;221(1):174-182.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.05.035. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

Better characterization of operation for ulcerative colitis through the National surgical quality improvement program: A 2-year audit of NSQIP-IBD

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Multicenter Study

Better characterization of operation for ulcerative colitis through the National surgical quality improvement program: A 2-year audit of NSQIP-IBD

William Y Luo et al. Am J Surg. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

Introduction: There is little consensus of quality measurements for restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis(RPC-IPAA) performed for ulcerative colitis(UC). The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program(NSQIP) cannot accurately classify RPC-IPAA staged approaches. We formed an IBD-surgery registry that added IBD-specific variables to NSQIP to study these staged approaches in greater detail.

Methods: We queried our validated database of IBD surgeries across 11 sites in the US from March 2017 to March 2019, containing general NSQIP and IBD-specific perioperative variables. We classified cases into delayed versus immediate pouch construction and looked for independent predictors of pouch delay and postoperative Clavien-Dindo complication severity.

Results: 430 patients received index surgery or completed pouches. Among completed pouches, 46(28%) and 118(72%) were immediate and delayed pouches, respectively. Significant predictors for delayed pouch surgery included higher UC surgery volume(p = 0.01) and absence of colonic dysplasia(p = 0.04). Delayed pouch formation did not significantly predict complication severity.

Conclusions: Our data allows improved classification of complex operations. Curating disease-specific variables allows for better analysis of predictors of delayed versus immediate pouch construction and postoperative complication severity.

Short summary: We applied our previously validated novel NSIP-IBD database for classifying complex, multi-stage surgical approaches for UC to a degree that was not possible prior to our collaborative effort. From this, we describe predictive factors for delayed pouch formation in UC RPC-IPAA with the largest multicenter effort to date.

Keywords: Inflammatory bowel disease; NSQIP; Outcomes; Restorative proctocolectomy; Ulcerative colitis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest WYL was supported by the National Institutes of Health TL1 Training Grant #1TL1TR001443. The authors report no proprietary or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article.

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Figure 1:
Classification schema for RPC-IPAA staged approaches based on ICD coding, CPT coding, and ileostomy status.

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