Open AccessEvaluation of POSSUM for Patients Undergoing Pancreatoduodenectomy
Author(s) -
Castro S. M. M.,
Houwert J. T.,
Lagarde S. M.,
Reitsma J. B.,
Busch O. R. C.,
Gulik T. M.,
Obertop H.,
Gouma D. J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1432-2323
pISSN - 0364-2313
DOI - 10.1007/s00268-009-0037-z
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , vascular surgery , pancreaticoduodenectomy , multivariate analysis , surgery , cardiac surgery , resection
Background Comparison of operative morbidity rates after pancreatoduodenectomy between units may be misleading because it does not take into account the physiological variable of the condition of the patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM) for pancreatoduodenectomy patients and to look for risk factors associated with morbidity in a high‐volume center. Methods Between January 1993 and April 2006, 652 patients underwent a pancreatoduodenectomy, 502 of them for malignant disease. POSSUM performance was evaluated by assessing the “goodness‐of‐fit” with the linear analysis method. Results Overall, 332 of the 652 patients (50.9%) had one or more complication after pancreatoduodenectomy, and 9 patients (1.4%) died. POSSUM had a significant lack of fit using goodness‐of‐fit analysis. In multivariate analysis, one statistically significant factor associated with morbidity and not incorporated in POSSUM ( P < 0.05) was identified: ampulla of Vater adenocarcinoma (OR = 1.73, 95% CI: 1.07–2.80). Conclusions Overall, there is a lack of calibration of POSSUM among patients who undergo pancreatoduodenectomy.