Key result
Urgent operation is linked to ~4 additional days of postoperative hospital stay.
Why the study?
What are the independent background and perioperative risk factors for prolonged postoperative hospital stay among patients having a resection for colorectal cancer?
Population
1095 consecutive resections for colorectal cancer performed by specialist colorectal surgeons between 1995…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative period
Authors
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May identify high-risk colorectal resection patients; leaves open whether optimizing perioperative factors shortens stays beyond unpredictable complications.
Cohort (n=1,095)
What are the independent background and perioperative risk factors for prolonged postoperative hospital stay among patients having a resection for colorectal cancer?
Mean Difference: 4.2 (95% CI 2.2–6.2)
Urgent operation, prolonged preoperative stay, and perioperative transfusion are among the strongest independent predictors of prolonged hospital stay after colorectal cancer resection, though baseline and perioperative factors account for only a fifth of the variability in length of stay.
Rickard et al. (2004) conducted a cohort in Colorectal cancer (n=1,095). Perioperative risk factors (e.g., urgent operation) vs. Absence of risk factors was evaluated on Postoperative hospital stay (days) (B 4.2, 95% CI 2.2-6.2). Perioperative risk factors, most notably urgent operation (additional 4.2 days, 95% CI 2.2-6.2) and preoperative stay >5 days, were independently associated with prolonged postoperative hospital stay.
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