ArticleOncology letters2014
Effect of perioperative glucocorticoid administration on postoperative complications following esophagectomy: A meta-analysis.
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- Perioperative corticosteroids for reducing postoperative complications following esophagectomy: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of preoperative single-dose dexamethasone in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications following minimally invasive esophagectomy: a retrospective propensity score-matched study.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2024Article
- Perioperative administration of methylprednisolone was associated with postoperative pulmonary complications in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Pharmacological treatment to reduce pulmonary morbidity after esophagectomy.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2021Review
- Precautions for avoiding pulmonary morbidity after esophagectomy.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2020Review
- Prognostic significance of the postoperative level and recovery rate of serum albumin in patients with curatively resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2019Article
- The effect of preventive use of corticosteroids on postoperative complications after esophagectomy: A retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Effect of Perioperative Lidocaine, Propofol and Steroids on Pulmonary Metastasis in a Murine Model of Breast Cancer Surgery.Cancers · 2019Article
- Prevalence and clinical course of postoperative acute lung injury after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Preoperative Smoking Cessation is Integral to the Prevention of Postoperative Morbidities in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Prognostic Factors of Salvage Esophagectomy for Residual or Recurrent Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Risk factors for pulmonary morbidities after minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2018Article
- Does postoperative morbidity worsen the oncological outcome after radical surgery for gastrointestinal cancers? A systematic review of the literature.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2017Review
- Postoperative Systemic Inflammatory Response, Complication Severity, and Survival Following Surgery for Colorectal Cancer.Annals of surgical oncology · 2016Observational
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Abstract
Perioperative corticosteroid administration is a controversial therapy for improving the short-term prognosis following surgery. The objective of the current meta-analysis was to evaluate the effects of the perioperative use of corticosteroids during esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma. A comprehensive study was performed using references selected from the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, MEDLINE (Ovid databases), EMBASE and three Chinese databases (Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure and VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals). Eligible studies were restricted to randomized clinical trials that reported data from patients undergoing esophagectomy. In addition, treated groups of patients received perioperative corticosteroid administration and control groups received a placebo infusion, such as saline water. The studies evaluated the incidence of postoperative complications and the variation of inflammatory mediators. All extracted data underwent meta-analysis using Review Manager 5.1 software. Only six studies were eligible for selection. The following parameters were found to be reduced following the use of methylprednisolone: Interleukin (IL)-6 immediately following surgery and on postoperative days (PODs) 1 and 3; IL-8 immediately following surgery; and PaO
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