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. 2023 Feb 9;7(3):367-406.
doi: 10.1002/ags3.12662. eCollection 2023 May.

Annual report on National Clinical Database 2020 for gastroenterological surgery in Japan

Yoshiki Kajiwara  1 , Arata Takahashi  2   3 , Hideki Ueno  1 , Yoshihiro Kakeji  1 , Hiroshi Hasegawa  1 , Susumu Eguchi  1 , Takanori Goi  1 , Akio Saiura  1 , Akira Sasaki  1 , Shuji Takiguchi  1 , Hiroya Takeuchi  1 , Chie Tanaka  1 , Masaji Hashimoto  1 , Naoki Hiki  1 , Akihiko Horiguchi  1 , Satoru Matsuda  1 , Tsunekazu Mizushima  1 , Shigeru Marubashi  1 , Mitsukazu Gotoh  1 , Hiroyuki Konno  1 , Hiroyuki Yamamoto  2   3 , Hiroaki Miyata  2   3 , Yasuyuki Seto  1 , Yuko Kitagawa  1 ; National Clinical Database
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Annual report on National Clinical Database 2020 for gastroenterological surgery in Japan

Yoshiki Kajiwara et al. Ann Gastroenterol Surg. .

Abstract

Aim: The National Clinical Database (NCD) of Japan is a nationwide data entry system for surgery, and it marked its 10th anniversary in 2020. The aim was to present the 2020 annual report of gastroenterological surgery of the NCD.

Methods: The data of the surgical procedures stipulated by the training curriculum for board-certified surgeons of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery in the NCD from 2011 to 2020 were summarized.

Results: In total, 5 622 845 cases, including 593 088 cases in 2020, were extracted from the NCD. The total number of gastroenterological surgeries increased gradually in these 10 years, except for the year 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual number of surgeries of each organ, except the pancreas and liver, decreased by 0.4%-13.1% in 2020 compared to 2019. The surgical patients were consistently aging, with more than 20% of all gastroenterological surgeries in 2020 involving patients aged 80 years or older. The participation of board-certified surgeons increased for each organ (75.9%-95.7% in 2020). The rates of endoscopic surgery also increased constantly. Although the incidences of postoperative complications of each organ increased by 0.7%-7.9% in these 10 years, postoperative mortality rates decreased by 0.2%-1.5%.

Conclusions: We present here the short-term outcomes of each gastroenterological operative procedure in 2020. This review of the 10-years of NCD data of gastroenterological surgery revealed a consistent increase of the number of surgeries (except for in 2020), especially endoscopic procedures, and aging of the Japanese population. The good safety of Japanese gastroenterological surgeries was also indicated.

Keywords: National Clinical Database; annual report; gastroenterological surgery; short‐term outcome; surgical outcome.

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Conflict of interest statement

Yuko Kitagawa is Editor in Chief of Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. Hideki Ueno, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Susumu Eguchi, Akio Saiura, Hiroya Takeuchi, Naoki Hiki, Akihiko Horiguchi, Satoru Matsuda, Tsunekazu Mizushima, and Yasuyuki Seto are editorial board members of Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. Arata Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, and Hiroaki Miyata are affiliated with the Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment at the University of Tokyo. The department is a social collaboration department supported by grants from the National Clinical Database, Johnson & Johnson K.K., and Nipro Co and Intuitive Surgical Sàrl. Other authors have no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Annual changes in the number of surgeries, 30‐day and operative mortality rates, and complication rates of each organ. †Postoperative complication was defined as grades IIIa–V in the Clavien–Dindo classification
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Annual changes in number of the surgeries, 30‐day and operative mortality rates, and complication rates of the eight major surgical procedures. †Postoperative complication was defined as grades IIIa–V in the Clavien–Dindo classification. ‡Including pylorus‐preserving gastrectomy and segmental gastrectomy, §including proximal gastrectomy, segmentectomy or more; excluding lateral segmentectomy
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Annual changes in the rate of endoscopic surgery in the eight major surgical procedures. †Including pylorus‐preserving gastrectomy and segmental gastrectomy, ‡including proximal gastrectomy, §segmentectomy or more; excluding lateral segmentectomy
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