Abstract
This retrospective review of 37 cases of abdominoperineal resection for adenocarcinoma sought to correlate preoperative clinical characteristics and intraoperative events with the likelihood of subsequent development of specific complications in the postoperative period. Mortality was 3% (1/37), and the complication rate was 76% (28/37), with urologic (49% [18/37]) and pulmonary (30% [11/37]) complications being the most common. Significant perioperative risk factors included a history of cardiac disease, current cardiac medications, diabetes mellitus, an abnormal preoperative electrocardiogram, and extended operation. Factors not associated with an increased risk included age, sex, a history of pulmonary disorders, previous abdominal operations, operative time, and need for transfusions, management of the pelvic peritoneum, or perineal drainage. Such information should reliably identify high-risk patients and therefore should be useful for selecting such patients for palliative or other limited techniques of tumor control.
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