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Deep Pelvic Surgical Site Infection After Radiotherapy and Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of Surgical Oncology, October 2016
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Title
Deep Pelvic Surgical Site Infection After Radiotherapy and Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
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Annals of Surgical Oncology, October 2016
DOI 10.1245/s10434-016-5621-5
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E. B. Thorgersen, M. A. Goscinski, M. Spasojevic, A. M. Solbakken, A. B. Mariathasan, K. Boye, S. G. Larsen, K. Flatmark

Abstract

High morbidity, increased mortality, and impaired long-term oncologic outcome have been reported after deep surgical site infection (SSI) in rectal cancer surgery. The rate, risk factors and consequences of deep SSI after (chemo)radiotherapy [(C)RT], and surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) in a tertiary university hospital single centre cohort of 540 patients are presented. Patients with LARC, operated between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2015, were identified in the institutional prospective database. All patients had tumours threatening the mesorectal fascia or invading adjacent organs, with a high rate of T4 tumours (60 %), and all received (C)RT. Risk factors for deep SSI were calculated by multivariable logistic regression analysis. Morbidity data were assessed. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) between patients with or without deep SSI were estimated. Of 540 patients, 104 (19 %) experienced a deep SSI, with the highest rate in the abdominoperineal resection (APR) group with 25 %. APR, good response to (C)RT (low tumour regression grade), age, and operative blood loss were identified as significant (P < 0.05) risk factors for deep SSI in multivariable analysis. No difference was found in OS (P = 0.995) or DFS (P = 0.568). Hospital stay increased with 5 days (P < 0.001), and complete wound healing at the 3-month follow-up decreased from 86 to 45 % (P < 0.001) after deep SSI. Deep SSI is a frequent and major complication after rectal surgery for LARC, with high morbidity, increased hospital stay and protracted wound healing. Interestingly, deep SSI did not influence long-term oncologic outcome.

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Unknown 17 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 2 12%
Lecturer 2 12%
Researcher 2 12%
Professor 1 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 8 47%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 24%
Unspecified 2 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 6%
Unknown 9 53%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2017.
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#14,924,861
of 22,957,478 outputs
Outputs from Annals of Surgical Oncology
#4,295
of 6,518 outputs
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#189,974
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Outputs of similar age from Annals of Surgical Oncology
#68
of 96 outputs
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