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03.09.2021 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Development of Useful Predictive Markers for Postoperative Morbidity Aiming to Improve Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes After Esophageal Cancer Surgery
verfasst von:
Naoya Yoshida, MD, PhD, Kojiro Eto, MD, PhD, Hideo Baba, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 1/2022
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Excerpt
It is important to preoperatively anticipate the incidence of post-esophagectomy morbidity because post-esophagectomy morbidity can cause surgery-related mortality and deteriorate long-term outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer.
1 Clinically useful predictors for postoperative morbidity should consist of simple and objective parameters preoperatively obtained, which enables the surgeon to easily identify high-risk patients and take appropriate measures before surgery. Until now, the mean corpuscular volume and several nutritional markers have been suggested as useful predictors of post-esophagectomy morbidity.
2–4 Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a parameter in red blood cell size variability obtained from a general blood test, which can reflect nutritional status, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and prothrombotic effect, among others. Although these statuses can be risks for postoperative morbidity, whether RDW is associated with post-esophagectomy morbidity has not been elucidated. …
