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The utility of axial imaging among selected patients in the early postoperative period after pancreatectomy.

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Publication details: 2024; ; ISSN:

0039-6060

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2024.06.051

Summary: BACKGROUND: Postoperative computed tomography imaging has been shown to play an important role in avoiding failure-to-rescue. We sought to examine the impact of the timing of such imaging studies on outcomes after pancreatectomy.Summary: CONCLUSION: In our cohort, patients imaged early after pancreatectomy experienced shorter hospital stays and lower inpatient mortality relative to those scanned after the first postoperative week. Copyright Ã‚Â© 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Summary: METHODS: Patients who underwent pancreatic resection at our institution from 2017 to 2022 were reviewed retrospectively to identify those undergoing computed tomography for any indication before discharge. Patients were subdivided by the postoperative day that the first computed tomography scan was obtained: immediate (postoperative day <3), early (postoperative day 3-7), and delayed (postoperative day >7).Summary: RESULTS: Of 370 patients, 110 (30%) had a computed tomography during the initial surgical stay. The 3 timing groups were similar in age, comorbidities, pathology, operative time, and number of scans. When comparing the early with the delayed group, we found that antibiotic usage, percutaneous drainage, and overall invasive interventions during surgical stay were all similar. However, those patients who were scanned in the early period had significantly shorter length of stay (17.05 vs 22.82, P = .0008) and fewer composite days hospitalized (20.1 vs 24.9, P = .01) relative to the delayed group. Importantly, early computed tomography imaging was found to be the only independent predictor of a postoperative length of stay <=15 days on multivariate analysis. Surgical stay mortality rates were significantly lower in the early compared with delayed group (0% vs 11%, P = .02). A change in treatment was observed in 59% after computed tomography, with 15% undergoing invasive interventions, 27% treated medically, and 16% with expectant management.

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BACKGROUND: Postoperative computed tomography imaging has been shown to play an important role in avoiding failure-to-rescue. We sought to examine the impact of the timing of such imaging studies on outcomes after pancreatectomy.

CONCLUSION: In our cohort, patients imaged early after pancreatectomy experienced shorter hospital stays and lower inpatient mortality relative to those scanned after the first postoperative week. Copyright Ã‚Â© 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

METHODS: Patients who underwent pancreatic resection at our institution from 2017 to 2022 were reviewed retrospectively to identify those undergoing computed tomography for any indication before discharge. Patients were subdivided by the postoperative day that the first computed tomography scan was obtained: immediate (postoperative day <3), early (postoperative day 3-7), and delayed (postoperative day >7).

RESULTS: Of 370 patients, 110 (30%) had a computed tomography during the initial surgical stay. The 3 timing groups were similar in age, comorbidities, pathology, operative time, and number of scans. When comparing the early with the delayed group, we found that antibiotic usage, percutaneous drainage, and overall invasive interventions during surgical stay were all similar. However, those patients who were scanned in the early period had significantly shorter length of stay (17.05 vs 22.82, P = .0008) and fewer composite days hospitalized (20.1 vs 24.9, P = .01) relative to the delayed group. Importantly, early computed tomography imaging was found to be the only independent predictor of a postoperative length of stay <=15 days on multivariate analysis. Surgical stay mortality rates were significantly lower in the early compared with delayed group (0% vs 11%, P = .02). A change in treatment was observed in 59% after computed tomography, with 15% undergoing invasive interventions, 27% treated medically, and 16% with expectant management.

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