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Role of image-defined risk factors in predicting surgical complications of localized neuroblastoma
Tao Liu1, Zhibao Lv2, Weijue Xu1
1Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Purpose:
To explore the relationship between image-defined risk factors and surgical complications of localized neuroblastoma.
Methods:
We retrospectively evaluated 84 patients who met the inclusion criteria at our hospitals between June 2014 and June 2019. Patients' clinic data were collected and the common terminology criteria for adverse events were used to categorize complications as major (grade 3-4) or minor (grade 1-2).
Results:
Four (11.8%) out of 34 stage L1 patients and 15 (30.0%) out of 50 stage L2 patients had surgical complications (P < 0.05). Seventy patents underwent primary surgery, including all stage L1 patients and 36 stage L2 patients. There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding surgical complications or major surgical complications. Among stage L2 patients, 2 (5.6%) out of 36 who underwent primary surgery and 2 (14.3%) out of 14 who underwent secondary surgery had major surgical complications (P < 0.05). Complete tumor resection was achieved in 18 (50%) and 7 (50%) patients in each group (P > 0.05). The mean numbers of IDRFs were 2.06 and 4.29, respectively (P < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Localized neuroblastoma patients with IDRFs have a greater surgical risk. And the number of IDRFs is not ignorable, especially in predicting major surgical complications.
