Risk stratification of cirrhotic patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: A single-centre experience.

Julia-Kristin GrassNatalie KüstersMarius KemperJan TintrupFelix PiechaJakob R IzbickiDaniel PerezNathaniel MellingMaximilian BockhornMatthias Reeh

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Curative esophagectomy for cirrhotic patients is associated with a dismal prognosis and should be evaluated critically. While MELD and Child score failed to predict perioperative mortality, Bilirubin and INR proofed excellent prognostic capacity in this cohort.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
prognostic factors
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
mental health
cardiovascular events
cardiac surgery
cardiovascular disease
robot assisted
rectal cancer