Complications after gastrectomy for cancer: Italian perspective

• DOI: 10.1007/s13304-017-0478-0
• Publication Date: 2017-07-14T08:28:59Z
• Authors: Gian Luca Baiocchi; Simone Giacopuzzi; Daniele Marrelli; Maria Bencivenga; Paolo Morgagni; Fausto Rosa; Mattia Berselli; Elena Orsenigo; Ferdinando Cananzi; Guido Tiberio; Stefano Rausei; Luca Cozzaglio; Maurizio Degiuli; Alberto Di Leo; Uberto Fumagalli; Nazario Portolani; Riccardo Rosati; Franco Roviello; Giovanni De Manzoni
• Keywords: Complications; Complications; Gastric cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery; Surgery; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Postoperative Complications; 0302 clinical medicine; Italy; Stomach Neoplasm; Complications; Gastric cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery; Gastrectomy; Stomach Neoplasms; Terminology as Topic; Complications; Gastric cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery; Humans; Italy; Postoperative Complications; Stomach Neoplasms; Terminology as Topic; Gastrectomy; Surgery; Humans; Surgery; Postoperative Complication; Morbidity; Mortality; Gastric cancer; Complication; Human

Surgery for gastric cancer is associated with significant major morbidity and an estimated mortality rate of about 5%. A reliable comparison of post-operative outcomes is hampered by the lack of a clear, universally recognized, definition of the most frequent complications. This paper reports the final results of a project launched by the Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer in September 2015, whose goal was to propose a comprehensive list of surgical-related, gastric cancer-specific complications, with their definitions. The project was carried out through a multicentric, mainly web-based, consensus of experts. The proposed list, following assessment and validation by a group of experts of the European Chapter of the International Gastric Cancer Association, will form the basis for implementing a "Complications Recording Sheet" that can be disseminated worldwide for proper and reliable post-operative assessment.