Preoperative white blood cell count predicts anastomotic leakage in patients with left-sided colorectal cancer.

To determine whether preoperative white blood cell (WBC) counts reflect risk of anastomotic leak (AL) for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), we retrospectively examined data from records of 208 consecutive patients who had undergone resections for left-sided CRC, including their clinicopathologi...

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Autores principales: Masaki Morimoto, Kenjiro Taniguchi, Osamu Yamamoto, Takuji Naka, Atsushi Sugitani, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Sumario:To determine whether preoperative white blood cell (WBC) counts reflect risk of anastomotic leak (AL) for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), we retrospectively examined data from records of 208 consecutive patients who had undergone resections for left-sided CRC, including their clinicopathological parameters and preoperative laboratory data. The diagnostic value of WBC count for AL was evaluated and compared with those of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte-monocyte ratio and platelet count × C-reactive protein level multiplier (P-CRP) value; optimal cut-off values were derived from receiver operating characteristic curves. AL was observed in 11 of the 208 patients (5.3%). Compared with the no-AL group, the AL group had a significantly higher mean WBC count and smoking rate. In multivariate analysis, WBC count and smoking were independent risk factors for AL. Compared with the other tested inflammatory indicators, the cut-off value for WBC (6,200/μL) had the highest sensitivity (81.8%) and negative predictive value (98.4%), as well as the lowest likelihood ratio (0.289). Preoperative WBC count could therefore be a convenient predictor of AL in patients with left-sided CRC.