Postoperative Outcomes After Laparoscopic Splenectomy Compared With Open Splenectomy

Autor: Pierre Sfeir, Flora Peyvandi, Ali Hallal, Melhim Bou Alwan, Bassem Y. Safadi, Firass Abiad, George Saad, Mohamed Khalife, Faek R. Jamali, Khaled M. Musallam, Walid Faraj
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Annals of Surgery. 257:1116-1123
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e318275496a
Popis: To evaluate 30-day postoperative outcomes in laparoscopic (LS) versus open splenectomy (OS).LS has generally been associated with lower rates of postoperative complications than OS. However, evidence mainly comes from small studies that failed to adjust for the confounding effects of the underlying indication or clinical condition that may have favored the use of one technique over the other.A retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing splenectomy in 2008 and 2009 using data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (n = 1781). Retrieved data included 30-day mortality and morbidity (cardiac, respiratory, central nervous system, renal, wound, sepsis, venous thromboembolism, and major bleeding outcomes), demographics, indication, and preoperative risk factors. We used multivariate logistic regression to assess the adjusted effect of the splenectomy technique on outcomes.A total of 874 (49.1%) cases had LS and 907 (50.9%) had OS. After adjusting for all potential confounders including the indication and preoperative risk factors, LS was associated with decreased 30-day mortality [OR (odds ratio): 0.39, 95% CI: 0.18-0.84] and postoperative respiratory occurrences (OR: 0.46, 95% CI: 0.27-0.76), wound occurrences (OR: 0.37, 95% CI: 0.11-0.79), and sepsis (OR: 0.52, 95% CI: 0.26-0.89) when compared with OS. Patients who underwent LS also had a significantly shorter total length of hospital stay and were less likely to receive intraoperative transfusions compared with patients who underwent OS.LS is associated with more favorable postoperative outcomes than OS, irrespective of the indication for splenectomy or the patient's clinical status.
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