Need for nursing care after laparoscopic and open colorectal cancer surgery: a claims data analysis in German primary care

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Purpose: Our study analyzes the influence of minimally invasive vs. open surgery on the postoperative need for nursing care in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Colorectal cancer is an age-related disease, and oncologic surgery is increasingly performed in elderly patients. Long-term effects of the procedural choice on patients’ self-sufficiency and autonomy have not been scientifically addressed so far. Methods: Multivariable logistic regression models based on claims data from a statutory health insurer (AOK, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) were applied to assess potential risk factors for assignment patients to a nursing care level, a German scale to categorize individual need for nursing care, at 12 and 36 months after colorectal cancer surgery. Results: A total of 3996 patients were eligible to be included in the analysis. At 36 months postoperatively, 44 of 427 (10.3%) patients after minimally invasive colon cancer surgery and 231 of 1287 (17.9%) patients after open procedure were newly graded into a nursing care level (OR = 0.62, 95%CI = 0.44–0.90, p = 0.010). Thirty-four of 251 (13.5%) patients receiving minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery compared to 142 of 602 (23.6%) patients after open approach were newly assigned to a nursing care level (OR = 0.53, 95%CI = 0.34–0.81, p = 0.003). Conclusions: Laparoscopically assisted resection of colorectal cancer seems to be superior in preserving physical autonomy of elderly patients with colorectal cancer.

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Senft, J. D., Brück, B. B., Poß-Doering, R., Bruckner, T., Szecsenyi, J., Müller-Stich, B. P., & Laux, G. (2022). Need for nursing care after laparoscopic and open colorectal cancer surgery: a claims data analysis in German primary care. Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery, 407(7), 2937–2944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-022-02592-8

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