Rectal cancer and liver spread: similar outcomes
Removing the rectal tumor and liver spread in one operation did not clearly raise complications or hurt survival compared with two separate operations, a French national study found.
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Combined vs Staged Resection for Rectal Cancer Liver Metastases
Combined and staged surgery had similar complication rates and survival in a French national cohort.
Waiting after pulmonary embolism cuts complications
Patients who needed emergency general surgery within 60 days of a pulmonary embolism had more major complications than those operated on later, in a national database study.
Waiting 60 days after pulmonary embolism before emergency surgery is linked to fewer complications.
Among 3,785 patients who had emergency general surgery after acute pulmonary embolism, those operated on at least 60 days later had markedly fewer major adverse events (adjusted OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.37–0.55).
Examining more nodes helps older gastric patients
Older patients with stomach cancer lived longer when surgeons examined 35 or more lymph nodes, with no rise in short-term complications.
Extended lymph node dissection benefits older gastric cancer patients
Removing 35 or more lymph nodes was linked to better survival in every age group, including patients 75 and older.
Two blood tumor markers sort pancreatic cancer outcomes
After chemotherapy, patients whose two markers both stayed high had the worst survival after surgery for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Combined CA19-9 and DUPAN-2 levels after induction chemotherapy flag poor survival in pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer patients with both CA19-9 and DUPAN-2 still high after induction chemotherapy had almost no 5-year survival after surgery.
Weight did not predict robotic liver surgery outcomes
Obese patients recovered as smoothly as normal-weight patients after robotic liver resection at experienced centers, according to a multinational study across 29 centers.
Body mass index did not independently predict outcomes after robotic liver resection
Obesity alone did not predict worse results after robotic liver surgery at experienced centers.