Preoperative systemic inflammation predicts postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing curative resection for colorectal cancer

Moyes, L.H., Leitch, E.F., McKee, R.F., Anderson, J.H., Horgan, P.G. and McMillan, D.C. (2009) Preoperative systemic inflammation predicts postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing curative resection for colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 100(8), pp. 1236-1239. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604997)

Abstract

The presence of systemic inflammation before surgery, as evidenced by the glasgow prognostic score (mGPS), predicts poor long-term survival in colorectal cancer. The aim was to examine the relationship between the preoperative mGPS and the development of postoperative complications in patients undergoing potentially curative resection for colorectal cancer. Patients (n=455) who underwent potentially curative resections between 2003 and 2007 were assessed consecutively, and details were recorded in a database. The majority of patients presented for elective surgery (85%) were over the age of 65 years (70%), were male (58%), were deprived (53%), and had TNM stage I/II disease (61%), had preoperative haemoglobin (56%), white cell count (87%) and mGPS 0 (58%) in the normal range. After surgery, 86 (19%) patients developed a postoperative complication; 70 (81%) of which were infectious complications. On multivariate analysis, peritoneal soiling (P<0.01), elevated preoperative white cell count (P<0.05) and mGPS (P<0.01) were independently associated with increased risk of developing a postoperative infection. In elective patients, only the mGPS (OR=1.75, 95% CI=1.17-2.63, P=0.007) was significantly associated with increased risk of developing a postoperative infection. Preoperative elevated mGPS predicts increased postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing potentially curative resection for colorectal cancer.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McMillan, Professor Donald
• Authors: Moyes, L.H., Leitch, E.F., McKee, R.F., Anderson, J.H., Horgan, P.G., and McMillan, D.C.
• Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General); R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Clinical Specialities
• Journal Name: British Journal of Cancer
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• ISSN: 0007-0920
• ISSN (Online): 1532-1827
• Published Online: 24 March 2009
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2009 Nature Publishing Group
• First Published: First published in British Journal of Cancer 100(8):1236-1239
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