• Annals of surgery · Nov 2015

    Multicenter Study

    Laparoscopic Gastric Mobilization Reduces Postoperative Mortality After Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A French Nationwide Study.

    • Mathieu Messager, Arnaud Pasquer, Alain Duhamel, Gilbert Caranhac, Guillaume Piessen, Christophe Mariette, and FREGAT working groupFRENCH.
    • *Department of Digestive and Oncological Surgery, University Hospital Claude Huriez, Regional University Hospital Center, Lille, France †North of France University, Lille, France ‡Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Centre, Lille, France §SIRIC OncoLille, Lille, France ||Department of biostatistics, University Hospital, Lille, France ¶Hox-Com Analytiques, Paris, France.
    • Ann. Surg. 2015 Nov 1;262(5):817-22; discussion 822-3.

    ObjectiveThis study was designed to investigate the impact of laparoscopic gastric mobilization (LGM) on 30-day postoperative mortality (POM) after surgery for esophageal cancer (EC).BackgroundMeta-analyses of nonrandomized studies have failed to demonstrate any significant benefit of hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy on POM, potentially due to small population samples. Moreover, none of the published randomized trials have been designed to answer this question.MethodsAll consecutive patients who underwent EC resection between 2010 and 2012 in France were included in this nationwide study (n = 3009). Data were extracted from the French National Health Service Database with internal and external quality controls. Patients treated with LGM (LGM group, n = 663) were compared with those treated with open approach (open group, n = 2346). Propensity score matching and multivariable analyses were used to compensate for the differences in baseline characteristics.ResultsThe 30-day POM rate was 5.2%, significantly lower after LGM, compared with open surgery (3.3% vs 5.7%, P = 0.005), as well as in-hospital (5.6% vs 8.1%, P = 0.028), and 90-day POM (6.9% vs 10.0%, P = 0.016). After propensity score matching, 30-day POM rates were 3.3% versus 5.9%, respectively (P = 0.029). By multivariable analysis, age ≥60 years, malnutrition and cardiovascular comorbidity were independently associated with higher POM, whereas LGM was associated with a decrease in POM (OR 0.60, 95% CI 0.37-0.98, P = 0.041).ConclusionsThis all-inclusive nationwide study strongly suggests that POM is significantly reduced after LGM for EC. This is high valuable evidence that helps decision making regarding the optimal approach for EC surgery.

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