Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Low intraoperative end-tidal carbon dioxide levels are associated with improved recurrence-free survival after elective colorectal cancer surgery
Authors' conclusion
Lower intraoperative EtCO2 target values in CRC surgery might benefit oncological outcome
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection at Heidelberg University Hospital, 2009–2018median follow-up 3.8 years
- Participants
- 528 patients
- Exposure
- Low vs high intraoperative EtCO2
- Outcome
- Recurrence-free survival until last known follow-up
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Recurrence-free survival · until last known follow-up
P = 0.024
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
1-year and 5-year survival
- Higher in the low-EtCO2 group
Sepsis, reoperations, surgical site infections, cardiovascular events during hospital stay
- No differences
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Low intraoperative end-tidal carbon dioxide levels are associated with improved recurrence-free survival after elective colorectal cancer surgery. J Clin Anesth. Published 10 May 2024. doi:10.
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