Impact of the preoperative prognostic nutritional index as a predictor for postoperative complications after resection of locally recurrent rectal cancer.

Masakatsu PakuMamoru UemuraMasatoshi KitakazeShiki FujinoTakayuki OginoNorikatsu MiyoshiHidekazu TakahashiHirofumi YamamotoTsunekazu MizushimaYuichiro DokiHidetoshi Eguchi

Published in: BMC cancer (2021)

We found that a low preoperative prognostic nutrition index and excessive intraoperative blood loss were risk factors for severe complications after surgery for local recurrent rectal cancer.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
patients undergoing
locally advanced
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
physical activity
early onset
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
surgical site infection