Open AccessDetours on the Road to Recovery: What Factors Delay Readiness to Return to Intended Oncologic Therapy (RIOT) After Liver Resection for Malignancy?
Author(s) -
Heather A. Lillemoe,
Rebecca Marcus,
Bradford J. Kim,
Nisha Narula,
Catherine H. Davis,
Thomas A. Aloia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.168
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1873-4626
pISSN - 1091-255X
DOI - 10.1007/s11605-019-04165-5
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , hepatectomy , surgery , malignancy , logistic regression , univariate analysis , complication , multivariate analysis , resection
Poor recovery after oncologic hepatic resection delays Return to Intended Oncologic Therapy (RIOT) and shortens survival. In order to identify at-risk patients, this study was designed to determine which psychosocial and perioperative factors are associated with delayed RIOT readiness.