ArticleSurgery today2010
Impact of perioperative peripheral blood values on postoperative complications after esophageal surgery.
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- Preoperative transferrin level is a novel prognostic marker for colorectal cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2021Article
- Role of surgery in multidisciplinary treatment strategies for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2020Review
- Effectiveness of Factor XIII Infusion in Treatment of Refractory Ureteral Leakage after Kidney Transplantation.Case reports in transplantation · 2020Article
- Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Patients with cT3/Nearly T4 Esophageal Cancer: Is Sarcopenia Correlated with Postoperative Complications and Prognosis?World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Current status of and perspectives regarding neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Surgery today · 2016Review
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- Reduced plasma ghrelin levels on day 1 after esophagectomy: a new predictor of prolonged systemic inflammatory response syndrome.Surgery today · 2013Article
- Advanced esophageal cancer with an esophago-bronchial fistula successfully treated by chemoradiotherapy following esophageal bypass surgery: report of a case.Surgery today · 2012Article
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome as a predictor of anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy.Surgery today · 2012Article
- Clinical significance of salvage esophagectomy for remnant or recurrent cancer following definitive chemoradiotherapy.Journal of gastroenterology · 2011Article
- Esophageal reconstruction with colon tissue.Surgery today · 2011Review
- Mild Acquired Factor XIII Deficiency and Clinical Relevance at the ICU-A Retrospective Analysis.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/HemostasisArticle
- Unveiling lymphocyte dynamics: Navigating postoperative immune landscapes in gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy.International journal of immunopathology and pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
purposePrediction of the postoperative course of esophagectomy is an important part of the strict perioperative management of patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer.
methodsTo evaluate their clinical importance, peripheral blood values, including white blood cell count (WBC), lymphocyte count, and the levels of total protein, transferrin, factor XIII, D-dimer, fibrin, and fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) were measured before and after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in 24 patients.
resultsThe preoperative WBC and the pre- and postoperative lymphocyte count were decreased remarkably in patients who received preoperative chemoradiotherapy. The values of perioperative serum transferrin were significantly lower in patients with postoperative pneumonia than in those without. The activity of plasma factor XIII was suppressed on postoperative day (POD) 7 in patients with pneumonia and on POD 14 in patients with leakage.
conclusionsThese results suggest that patients who receive preoperative chemoradiotherapy are potentially immunosuppressed, the preoperative serum transferrin level is a possible predictive marker of postoperative pneumonia, and suppression of factor XIII activity is related to anastomotic insufficiency.
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