Evaluation of quality parameters of rectal cancer surgery at the Coloproctology Unit of Hospital de Braga

• Autor(a) principal: Castro, Mafalda Araújo Pimenta de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Martins, Sandra
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/67432
• topic: Rectal cancer; Functional coloproctology unit; Quality parameters of surgical treatment; Câncer do reto; Unidade funcional coloproctologia; Parâmetros de qualidade do tratamento cirúrgico

Introduction: rectal cancer (rC) represents 1/3 of all diagnosed colorectal cancers. After the creation of specialized units to treat rC, it became fundamental to establish criteria to assess the quality of the service. Objective: to evaluate the surgical treat-ment provided to rC patients at the Coloproctology Unit of Hospital de Braga(bH-CU) by means of quality parameters. Methods: We conducted an observational cross-sectional descriptive study with a convenience sample of 149 patients undergoing surgical treatment in this unit, from January 1st, 2007 to June 30, 2010. results: We observed that the postoperative mortality rate (4%) and the global dehiscence rate (14.8%) were in accordance with recommended values. sphincter sparing surgery rate (65.8%) was higher than the rec-ommended minimum; however, more than 12 resected ganglia (36.6%) is inferior than what is recommended. the oncological results were analyzed by the local recurrencerate (6.7%) and the two-year survival rate (91.1%); both values are in accordance with literature. Conclusion: We conclude that the bH-CU surgical treatment has a quality level similar to that observed in literature