Textbook outcome in colon carcinoma: implications for overall survival and disease-free survival.

BACKGROUND: Textbook outcome (TO) is a multidimensional quality management tool that uses a set of traditional surgical measures to reflect an "ideal" surgical result for a particular pathology. The aim of the present study is to record the rate of TO in patients undergoing elective surgery for colon cancer (CC). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study of all patients undergoing scheduled CC surgery at a Spanish university hospital from September 2012 to August 2016. Patients with rectal cancer were excluded. The variables included in the definition of TO were: R0 resection, number of isolated nodes ≥ 12, no Clavien-Dindo ≥ IIIa complications, no prolonged stay, no readmissions, and no mortality in the first 30 days. The main objective of this study is to analyse the achievement of TO in these patients and to assess the relationship between TO and overall and disease-free survival. RESULTS: Five hundred and sixty-four patients were included in the study. TO was achieved in 49.8%. The sample had a mean age of 69 ± 11 years, and 60% were male. Female sex (OR 1.61; 95% CI 2.30-1.13), T3 and T4 classification (OR 2.50, 95% CI 4.59-1.36, and OR 2.55, 95% CI 5.21-1.24 respectively) and laparoscopic approach (OR 1.53, 95% CI 2.33-1.00) were independent factors that were significantly associated with achieving a TO. Patients who achieved TO had higher overall survival (p = 0.008) than those who did not. However, with regard to disease-free survival, no statistically significant differences were found (p = 0.303). CONCLUSION: TO is a useful, easy-to-interpret management tool for measuring oncological results and for predicting patient survival.

Recommendations of «not-to-do¼: Proposals of the Spanish Association of Surgeons to the project «Commitment to quality of scientific societies¼ / Recomendaciones de «no hacer¼: propuestas de la Asociación Española de Cirujanos al proyecto de «Compromiso por la calidad de las sociedades científicas¼

"INTRODUCTION: The initiative of the Spanish Ministry of Health «Commitment to quality of scientific societies¼, aims to reduce unnecessary interventions of healthcare professionals. METHODS: The Spanish Association of Surgeons has selected 22 experts from the different sections that have participated in the identification of 26 proposals «do not do¼ to be ordered by the expected impact its implementation would have according to the GRADE methodology. From these proposals, the Delphi technique was used to select 5 recommendations presented in more detail in this article. RESULTS: The 5 selected recommendations are: Do not perform cholecystectomy in patients with asymptomatic cholelithiasis; do not keep bladder catheterization more than 48hours; do not extend antibiotic prophylaxis treatments more than 24hours after a surgical procedure; do not perform routine antibiotic prophylaxis for uncomplicated clean and no prosthetic surgery; and do not use antibiotics postoperatively after uncomplicated appendicitis. CONCLUSION: The Spanish Association of Surgeons's participation in this campaign has allowed a reflection on those activities that do not add value in the field of surgery and it is expected that the spread of this process serves to reduce its performance."

"Introducción La iniciativa del Ministerio de Sanidad «Compromiso por la calidad de las sociedades científicas¼ tiene como objetivo disminuir las intervenciones innecesarias de los profesionales sanitarios. Métodos La Asociación Española de Cirujanos ha seleccionado a 22 expertos de las diferentes secciones que han participado en la identificación de 26 propuestas de «no hacer¼ que se ordenaron por el impacto esperado que tendría su puesta en marcha según la metodología GRADE. A partir de estas propuestas, se ha utilizado una técnica de Delphi para seleccionar las 5 recomendaciones más importantes en relación con el impacto potencial que tendría su aplicación. Resultados Las 5 recomendaciones seleccionadas son: no realizar colecistectomía en pacientes con colelitiasis asintomática; no mantener sondaje vesical más de 48 h; no prolongar más de 24 h, tras un procedimiento quirúrgico, los tratamientos de profilaxis antibiótica; no realizar profilaxis antibiótica de rutina para la cirugía no protésica limpia y no complicada, y no emplear tratamiento antibiótico postoperatorio tras apendicitis no complicada. Conclusión La participación de la Asociación Española de Cirujanos en esta campaña ha permitido una reflexión sobre aquellas actuaciones que no aportan valor en el ámbito de nuestra especialidad y es esperable que la difusión de este proceso sirva para reducir su realización."

Prediction of anastomotic leak in colorectal cancer surgery based on a new prognostic index PROCOLE (prognostic colorectal leakage) developed from the meta-analysis of observational studies of risk factors.

PURPOSE: To obtain a prognostic index, which has been named PROCOLE (prognostic colorectal leakage), it can predict the risk that a certain individual may suffer anastomotic leakage. METHODS: The methodology consists of a systematic review to identify potential risk factors for anastomotic leakage and a meta-analysis of studies of each of these factors. In the meta-analysis, the prognostic index integrates factors that are statistically significant, which are weighted according to the estimated value of the effect size. The prognostic index was validated using retrospectively collected data from patients who underwent colorectal cancer surgery anastomosis at our institution. RESULTS: The mean and standard deviation of the PROCOLE prognostic index in patients with anastomotic leakage is 1.9 ± 6.13, whereas in controls, it is 3.63 ± 2.1. The predictive ability of the PROCOLE, assessed by calculating the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC), results in an AUC of 0.82 with a 95% confidence interval (CI) (0.75, 0.89) of the AUC, and it can be considered a good prognostic indicator. CONCLUSIONS: The PROCOLE prognostic index predicts the risk of a certain individual developing anastomotic leakage after colorectal cancer surgery. Specifically, the PROCOLE prognostic index establishes a discrimination value threshold of 4.83 for recommending the implementation of a protective stoma. We have developed free software with a simple interface that only requires the selection of risk factors to obtain the PROCOLE value.

[Changes in blood viscosity and erythrocyte deformability in patients with dyslipidemia treated with binifibrate]. / Modificaciones de la viscosidad de la sangre y deformabilidad eritrocitaria en pacientes dislipémicos tratados con binifibrato.

31 patients afflicted with primary hyperlipidemia who did not improve after 30 days on a diet were treated with 1800 mg/day of binifibrate. We measured the total cholesterol level and triglyceridemia, as well as blood viscosity and red cell deformability at day 0, 30, 60, 90 of treatment. We found a statistically significant decrease in cholesterol and triglyceride levels as well as blood viscosity, and an increment of red cell deformability which improved the circulatory dynamisms augmentin the tissular perfusion in these patients.