Yukiko Niwa
   Department   School of Medicine(Yachiyo Medical Center), School of Medicine
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Usefulness of preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate to predict complications after curative gastrectomy in patients with clinical T2-4 gastric cancer.
Journal Formal name:Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
Abbreviation:Gastric Cancer
ISSN code:14363305/14363291
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 20(4),pp.736-743
Author and coauthor Tanaka Yuri, Kanda Mitsuro, Tanaka Chie, Kobayashi Daisuke, Mizuno Akira, Iwata Naoki, Hayashi Masamichi, Niwa Yukiko, Takami Hideki, Yamada Suguru, Fujii Tsutomu, Nakayama Goro, Sugimoto Hiroyuki, Fujiwara Michitaka, Kodera Yasuhiro
Publication date 2017/07
Summary BACKGROUND:Gastrectomy with systemic lymphadenectomy is the standard of care for resectable gastric cancer (GC), but it is sometimes associated with postoperative morbidity. Predicting complications is therefore an essential part of risk management in clinical practice. The renal function is routinely evaluated before surgery by blood examinations to determine dose of medication and infusion. However, the value of various parameters of renal function in prediction of postoperative complications remain unclear.METHODS:We included 315 patients who underwent curative D2 gastrectomy for clinical T2-T4 GC without preoperative treatment, and evaluated the correlation between the incidence of postoperative complications and the indicators of renal function.RESULTS:Forty-three patients experienced clinically relevant postoperative complications. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) showed a higher area under the curve for predicting complications compared with urea nitrogen, creatinine, and creatinine clearance. The optimal eGFR cutoff value was 63.2 ml/min/1.73 m2, and eGFR < 63.2 was an independent risk factor for postoperative complications in multivariable analysis (odds ratio 4.67; 95 % confidence interval 2.16-10.5; p < 0.001). Particularly, the incidence of anastomotic leakage was significantly higher in patients with eGFR < 63.2 than those with eGFR ≥ 63.2 (9.4 % vs. 3.5 %). eGFR < 63.2 was also associated with a higher incidence of postoperative complications independent of age, body mass index, operative procedure, and clinical disease stage. Postoperative hospital stay was significantly longer in the eGFR < 63.2 group.CONCLUSIONS:Preoperative eGFR is a simple and useful predictor for complications after gastrectomy in patients with GC and may improve clinical care and the process of obtaining informed consent.
DOI 10.1007/s10120-016-0657-6
PMID 27734274