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Predictive value of preoperative inflammatory response markers on short-term postoperative complications following colorectal surgery: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Ning Bu, Chang Liu, Zhidong Kong, Wei Gao, Yao-Min Zhu

Frontiers in Medicine, 2025

392 participants · 9 citations

Abstract

Background Numerous inflammatory biomarkers have been identified to possess a positive prognostic value in relation to the clinical outcomes of patients with various cancers. Despite this, there is a paucity of comprehensive studies that compare the prognostic value of commonly used inflammatory parameters specifically within colorectal cancer (CRC) populations. These parameters include the peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), systemic immune inflammation index (SII), albumin-to-globulin ratio (AGR), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI). Thus, the objective of this research was to conduct a thorough comparison of the predictive potential value of preoperative commonly used inflammatory response markers in CRC patients. Methods This is a retrospective, single-center cohort analysis. We performed a secondary analysis of 392 individuals with CRC who fulfilled our inclusion criteria and were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University between June 2018 and August 2019. Initially, the clinical data including baseline demographics, laboratory indices, type of surgery, type of anesthesia, and postoperative complications were collected. Then, the prognostic efficacy and threshold values of preoperative inflammatory biomarkers were ascertained through the employment of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Finally, both univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to discern the risk…

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