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ANNALS OF SURGERY
Volume 275, Issue 1, Pages 140-148Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003849
Keywords
gastrectomy; gastric cancer; surgical quality; textbook
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- Sherif and Mary Lou Hanna Chair in Surgical Oncology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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The study found a strong association between achieving Textbook Outcome (TO) and improved long-term survival in gastric cancer patients based on the analysis of data from nearly two thousand patients. TO includes multiple aspects such as negative margins, number of lymph nodes sampled, complications, etc., and can serve as a comprehensive indicator for evaluating surgical quality.
Objective: To examine the association between Textbook Outcome (TO)-a new composite quality measurement-and long-term survival in gastric cancer surgery. Background: Single-quality indicators do not sufficiently reflect the complex and multifaceted nature of perioperative care in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. Methods: All patients undergoing gastrectomy for nonmetastatic gastric adenocarcinoma registered in the Population Registry of Esophageal and Stomach Tumours of Ontario (PRESTO) between 2004 and 2015 were included. TO was defined according to negative margins; >15 lymph nodes sampled; no severe complications; no re-interventions; no unplanned ICU admission; length of stay <= 21 days; no 30-day readmission; and no 30-day mortality. Three-year survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. A marginal multivariable Cox proportional-hazards model was used to estimate the association between achieving TO metrics and long-term survival. E-value methodology was used to assess for risk of residual confounding. Results: Of the 1836 patients included in this study, 402 (22%) achieved all TO metrics. TO patients had a higher 3-year survival rate compared to non-TO patients (75% vs 55%, log-rank P < 0.001). After adjustments for covariates and clustering within hospitals, TO was associated with a 41% reduction in mortality (adjusted hazards ratio 0.59, 95% confidence interval 0.48, 0.72, P < 0.001). These results were robust to potential residual confounding. Conclusions: Achieving TO is strongly associated with improved long-term survival in gastric cancer patients and merits further focus in surgical quality improvement efforts.
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