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Intraoperative adverse events during laparoscopic colorectal resection—better laparoscopic treatment but unchanged incidence. Lessons learnt from a Swiss multi-institutional analysis of 3,928 patients

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Purpose

Intraoperative adverse events significantly influence morbidity and mortality of laparoscopic colorectal resections. Over an 11-year period, the changes of occurrence of such intraoperative adverse events were assessed in this study.

Methods

Analysis of 3,928 patients undergoing elective laparoscopic colorectal resection based on the prospective database of the Swiss Association of Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery was performed.

Results

Overall, 377 intraoperative adverse events occurred in 329 patients (overall incidence of 8.4 %). Of 377 events, 163 (43 %) were surgical complications and 214 (57 %) were nonsurgical adverse events. Surgical complications were iatrogenic injury to solid organs (n = 63; incidence of 1.6 %), bleeding (n = 62; 1.6 %), lesion by puncture (n = 25; 0.6 %), and intraoperative anastomotic leakage (n = 13; 0.3 %). Of note, 11 % of intraoperative organ/puncture lesions requiring re-intervention were missed intraoperatively. Nonsurgical adverse events were problems with equipment (n = 127; 3.2 %), anesthetic problems (n = 30; 0.8 %), and various (n = 57; 1.5 %). Over time, the rate of intraoperative adverse events decreased, but not significantly. Bleeding complications significantly decreased (p = 0.015), and equipment problems increased (p = 0.036). However, the rate of adverse events requiring conversion significantly decreased with time (p < 0.001). Patients with an intraoperative adverse event had a significantly higher rate of postoperative local and general morbidity (41.2 and 32.9 % vs. 18.0 and 17.2 %, p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively).

Conclusions

Intraoperative surgical complications and adverse events in laparoscopic colorectal resections did not change significantly over time and are associated with an increased postoperative morbidity.

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  1. Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    P. Kambakamba, A. Nocito & P. A. Clavien

  2. Department of Visceral Surgery, Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    D. Dindo

  3. Division of Biostatistics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    B. Seifert

  4. Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    M. Schäfer & D. Hahnloser

  5. Swiss Association of Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery, Zurich, Switzerland

    M. Schäfer & D. Hahnloser

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Kambakamba, P., Dindo, D., Nocito, A. et al. Intraoperative adverse events during laparoscopic colorectal resection—better laparoscopic treatment but unchanged incidence. Lessons learnt from a Swiss multi-institutional analysis of 3,928 patients. Langenbecks Arch Surg 399, 297–305 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-013-1156-4

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