ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022
Prognostic nutrition index predicts short-term surgical complications in patients with rectal cancer after laparoscopic surgery.
Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07007494 (The Relationship Between Preoperative Nutritional and Inflammatory Markers and Early Postoperative Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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The Relationship Between Preoperative Nutritional and Inflammatory Markers and Early Postoperative Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Association Between Prognostic Nutritional Index and Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2026Article
- Association of preoperative prognostic nutritional index with postoperative delirium after gastric cancer surgery.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Predictive value of preoperative inflammatory response markers on short-term postoperative complications following colorectal surgery: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical influence of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on immunonutritional status in locally advanced rectal cancer.Korean journal of clinical oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Surgical complications following laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery remain a major clinical problem. The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is reportedly associated with postoperative outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the correlation between PNI and short-term surgical complications in patients with rectal cancer after laparoscopic surgery. Methods: The prospective clinical data of 225 patients with rectal cancer receiving laparoscopic surgery between January 2021 and April 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The cut-off values and diagnostic accuracy of PNI preoperatively and on postoperative day (POD) 1 were determined using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify clinical characteristics and risk factors for surgical complications. Results: In total, 81 (36.0%) patients developed surgical complications. The optimal cut-off value for preoperative PNI was 40.15, and that for PNI on POD 1 was 35.28. The DeLong test found no statistically between-group difference in the area under the ROC curve ( Conclusion: Preoperative and POD 1 PNI were independent predictors of short-term surgical complications after laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer.
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