XXXX and mortality after surgery for gastric cancer.

@entity1 @entity55 @entity5 @entity260 @entity1031
Complication rates and postoperative mortality were studied in 1010 consecutive @entity1 entered into the Norwegian @entity5 Trial. Twenty-eight per cent of the @entity1 had one or more complications (31% of the @entity1 and 21% of the @entity1 ). General complications ( @entity55 , @entity1031 , and cardiac) were most frequent. The postoperative mortality rate for resected @entity1 was 8.3% (63 of 763). Complication and mortality rates were highest for proximal resections (52% and 16%) followed by total gastrectomy (38% and 8%), subtotal resection (28% and 10%), and distal resection (19% and 7%). By logistic regression analysis it was found that age, sex, operative procedure, prophylactic antibiotics, and splenectomy were significantly related to @entity260 . The odds ratio for complication for @entity1 versus @entity1 was 1.75: for no antibiotics versus antibiotic prophylaxis it was 2.5. Relative to distal resection the odds ratio for complications after subtotal resection was 2.2, for total gastrectomy was 3.9, and for proximal resection was 7.6. Age and sex were the only factors that affected operative mortality. The odds ratio for mortality for @entity1 versus @entity1 was 2.3. The odds ratio for operative mortality was 2.2 when the age of the @entity1 increased with 10 years.
