ArticleSurgery today2016
Clinical significance of postoperative recovery of serum albumin levels in patients with esophageal cancer who underwent transthoracic esophagectomy.
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- Prognostic Value of Post-Operative C-Reactive Protein-Based Inflammatory Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical epidemiology · 2023Review
- Serum albumin at resection predicts in-hospital death, while serum lactate and aPTT on the first postoperative day anticipate anastomotic leakage after Ivor-Lewis-esophagectomy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
- The impact of albumin infusion on the risk of rebleeding and in-hospital mortality in cirrhotic patients admitted for acute gastrointestinal bleeding: a retrospective study of a single institute.BMC gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Impact of postoperative complications on survival after oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer.BJS open · 2020Article
- Serum proteomics analysis of feline mammary carcinoma based on label-free and PRM techniques.Journal of veterinary science · 2020Article
- Low Albumin to Fibrinogen Ratio Predicts Poor Overall Survival in Esophageal Small Cell Carcinoma Patients: A Retrospective Study.Cancer management and research · 2020Article
- 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
- Residual Recurrent Nerve Paralysis After Esophagectomy is Associated with Preoperative Lower Serum Albumin.Dysphagia · 2017Article
- Platelet Distribution Width and Serum Albumin Levels for Discrimination of Thyroid Cancer From Benign Thyroid NodulesAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017Article
- A new anatomical classification of the bronchial arteries based on the spatial relationships to the esophagus and the tracheobronchus.Surgery today · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeWe evaluated postoperative recovery after transthoracic esophagectomy using postoperative serum albumin (Alb) levels and investigated the correlation between postoperative Alb recovery and the survival of patients with esophageal cancer.
methodsEsophageal cancer patients who underwent transthoracic esophagectomy were retrospectively reviewed. To evaluate postoperative Alb recovery, the recovery rate of Alb was used. We investigated the correlation between Alb recovery, clinicopathological factors, and the survival. Furthermore, the postoperative systemic inflammatory response was evaluated using serum C-reactive levels, and its impact on the Alb recovery was examined.
resultsNinety-seven (51 %) of 191 patients were classified as having insufficient Alb recovery. In the multivariate survival analysis, pStage and insufficient Alb recovery (hazard ratio 1.863; P = 0.021) were significantly independent predictive factors for the overall survival. Patients with pStage IB-IV with insufficient Alb recovery had a significantly shorter recurrence-free survival (5-year recurrence-free survival rate, 59.5 vs. 41.5 %; P = 0.035) and significantly higher serum CRP levels at POM 3 compared with patients with sufficient Alb recovery.
conclusionsInsufficient Alb recovery correlates with the systemic postoperative inflammatory response and a poor prognosis. Further studies are warranted to investigate the survival benefit of intervention to enhance postoperative Alb recovery.
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