ArticleScientific reports2025
Risk factors for non-clinical prolonged lengths of stay after elective colorectal surgery.
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- Beyond Binary ICU Admission: Duration-Sensitive Evaluation and Patient-Level Reclassification of Textbook Outcome After Colorectal Cancer Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction Surgery yields superior long-term oncological outcomes compared to traditional laparoscopic surgery in stage II-III rectal cancer.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- Analysis of risk factors for prolonged intensive care unit stay after colorectal cancer surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Identification of reasons and causative factors for prolonged lengths of stay (LOS) after elective colorectal surgery in patients with uneventful postoperative recovery. A prospectively maintained database of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients between 2019 and 2021 was reviewed. Peri-operative parameters were evaluated to identify risk factors for prolonged LOS. Uneventful postoperative recovery was defined as Clavien-Dindo (CD) Complication Grade 0. 181 patients had uneventful postoperative recovery. 30 (16.7%) patients had delayed discharge, the underlying reasons were ongoing physiotherapy assessment for discharge (N = 11), caregiver training for stoma/drain (N = 6), family/patient confidence and or pending community placement for continuation of postoperative rehabilitation (N = 14). Factors such as pre-operative status of activity of daily living (ADL) and community ambulance, stoma creation, and high dependency (HD) ward admission were independently associated with delayed discharge. Multiple factors accounted for delayed discharge in in patients after elective surgery for CRC. Pre-operative identification and intervention to some of these factors might pave the way to reduce the overall length of hospitalization.
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