A nationwide study in Denmark reveals that patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis have a substantially elevated risk of requiring surgery compared to matched individuals from the general population. With a 1-year surgery risk of 42.6% for these patients, versus 13.4% for comparators, the incidence rate ratio for surgeries overall stood at 3.38. Notably, abdominal procedures were most common, indicating a pressing need for improved perioperative management in this high-risk group.
Journal Article by Birn-Rydder R, Herting EC (…) Jepsen P et 3 al. in Scand J Gastroenterol