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Predictors of postoperative morbidity after laparoscopic versus open radical hysterectomy plus external beam radiotherapy: A propensity‐matched comparison
Author(s) -
Bogani Giorgio,
Cromi Antonella,
Serati Maurizio,
Di Naro Edoardo,
Uccella Stefano,
Donadello Nicoletta,
Ghezzi Fabio
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23747
Subject(s) - medicine , radical hysterectomy , cervical cancer , surgery , radiation therapy , propensity score matching , external beam radiotherapy , multivariate analysis , laparoscopy , hysterectomy , cancer , brachytherapy
Background Identification of peri‐operative variables predicting postoperative morbidity may improve postoperative patients' care. We aimed to identify patients' characteristics and operative factors predictive of early (≤30‐day) and late (≤6‐month) morbidity in cervical cancer patients undergoing surgery plus external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Methods We studied 45 propensity‐matched patient pairs (90 patients) undergoing laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (LRH) plus EBRT vs. abdominal radical hysterectomy (RAH) plus EBRT. Basic descriptive, multivariable and artificial neuronal network analyses (ANN) were used to design predicting models influencing outcomes. Results Baseline characteristics of the study populations were similar. Patients undergoing LRH experienced lower blood loss (200 (range, 10–700) vs. 400 (range, 100–2000) ml; P < 0.001), shorter length of hospital stay (4 (range, 1–10) vs. 8 (range, 5–52) days; P < 0.001) and similar operative time (235 (±67.3) vs. 258 (±70.2) min; P = 0.14) than patients undergoing RAH. We observed that, at multivariate analysis, open approach correlated with overall (OR: 1.2; 95%CI: 1.03–1.46), early (OR: 1.14; 95%CI:0.99–1.3) and late (OR: 1.13; 95%CI: 1.001–1.28) postoperative complications. Conclusions Open approach is the main predictor for developing morbidity among cervical cancer patients undergoing radical hysterectomy followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. Laparoscopic surgery enhances peri‐operative surgical results and minimizes the occurrence of late complications. J. Surg. Oncol. 2014 110:893–898 . © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.