Increased local recurrence and reduced survival from colorectal cancer following anastomotic leak: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Mirnezami, Alexander, Mirnezami, Reza, Chandrakumaran, Kandiah, Sasapu, Kishore, Sagar, Peter and Finan, Paul (2011) Increased local recurrence and reduced survival from colorectal cancer following anastomotic leak: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Surgery (doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182128929). (PMID:21394013).
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Objective: To examine the long-term oncological impact of anastomotic leakage (AL) after restorative surgery for colorectal cancer using meta-analytical methods. Outcomes evaluated were local recurrence, distant recurrence, and survival.
Background: Recurrence after potentially curative surgery for colorectal cancer remains a significant clinical problem and has a poor prognosis. AL may be a risk factor for disease recurrence, however available studies have been conflicting. A meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the impact of AL on disease recurrence and long-term survival.
Methods: Studies published between 1965 and 2009 evaluating the long-term oncological impact of AL were identified by an electronic literature search. Outcomes evaluated included local recurrence, distant recurrence, and cancer specific survival. Meta-analysis was performed using the DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model to compute odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals. Study heterogeneity was evaluated using Q statistics and I2 and publication bias assessed with funnel plots and Egger's test.
Results: Twenty-one studies comprising 13 prospective nonrandomized studies, 1 prospective randomized, and 7 retrospective studies met the inclusion criteria, yielding a total of 21,902 patients. For rectal anastomoses, the odd ratios (OR) of developing a local recurrence when there was AL was 2.05 (95% CI = 1.51-2.8; P = 0.0001). For studies describing both colon and rectal anastomoses, the OR of local recurrence when there was an AL was 2.9 (95% CI = 1.78-4.71; P < 0.001). The OR of developing a distant recurrence after AL was 1.38 (95% CI = 0.96-1.99; P = 0.083). Long term cancer specific mortality was significantly higher after AL with an OR of 1.75 (95% CI = 1.47-2.1; P = 0.0001).
Conclusions: AL has a negative prognostic impact on local recurrence after restorative resection of rectal cancer. A significant association between colorectal AL and reduced long-term cancer specific survival was also noted. No association between AL and distant recurrence was found.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| ISSNs: | 0004932 (print) 1528-1140 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RD Surgery |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Cancer Sciences |
| Item ID: | 180885 |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2011 10:58 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 15:39 |
| Contributors: | Mirnezami, Alexander (Author) Mirnezami, Reza (Author) Chandrakumaran, Kandiah (Author) Sasapu, Kishore (Author) Sagar, Peter (Author) Finan, Paul (Author) |
| Date: | 9 March 2011 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/180885 |
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