The impact of the type and severity of postoperative complications on long-term outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Highlights • Systematic review and meta-analysis of long term outcomes after surgery for colorectal cancer. • Reports significant association between complication type and severity, and cancer outcomes and survival. • Both complication type and severity have a negative impact on long term outcomes....

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Published in:Critical reviews in oncology/hematology 2016-01, Vol.97, p.168-177
Main Authors: McSorley, Stephen T, Horgan, Paul G, McMillan, Donald C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal Neoplasms - mortality
Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Morbidity
Postoperative complications
Postoperative Complications - epidemiology
Postoperative Complications - mortality
Surgery
Survival
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Summary:Highlights • Systematic review and meta-analysis of long term outcomes after surgery for colorectal cancer. • Reports significant association between complication type and severity, and cancer outcomes and survival. • Both complication type and severity have a negative impact on long term outcomes. • No published work directly compared the two definitions of postoperative complications.
ISSN:1040-8428
1879-0461
DOI:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2015.08.013