Preoperative beta blockers and other drugs in relation to anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer

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Hauptverfasser: Anders Gerdin, Jennifer Park, Jenny Häggström, Josefin Segelman, Peter Matthiessen, Marie‐Louise Lydrup, Martin Rutegård
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author Anders Gerdin
Jennifer Park
Jenny Häggström
Josefin Segelman
Peter Matthiessen
Marie‐Louise Lydrup
Martin Rutegård
author_facet Anders Gerdin
Jennifer Park
Jenny Häggström
Josefin Segelman
Peter Matthiessen
Marie‐Louise Lydrup
Martin Rutegård
Anders Gerdin
Jennifer Park
Jenny Häggström
Josefin Segelman
Peter Matthiessen
Marie‐Louise Lydrup
Martin Rutegård
collection Wiley Open Access
contents Preoperative beta blockers and other drugs in relation to anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer Anders Gerdin Jennifer Park Jenny Häggström Josefin Segelman Peter Matthiessen Marie‐Louise Lydrup Martin Rutegård Colorectal Disease AbstractAimPrevious research has indicated that preoperative beta blocker therapy is associated with a decreased risk of complications after surgery for rectal cancer. This is thought to arise because of the anti‐inflammatory activity of the drug. These results need to be reproduced and analyses extended to other drugs with such properties, as this information might be useful in clinical decision‐making. The main aim of this work was to replicate previous findings of beta blocker use as a prognostic marker for postoperative leakage. We also investigated whether drug exposure might induce anastomotic leaks.MethodThis is a retrospective multicentre cohort study, comprising 1126 patients who underwent anterior resection for rectal cancer between 2014 and 2018. The use of any preoperative beta blocker was treated as the primary exposure, while anastomotic leakage within 12 months of surgery was the outcome. Secondary exposures comprised angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, statins and metformin. Using multivariable regression, we performed a replication analysis with a predictive aim for beta blockers only, while adjustment for confounding was done in more causally oriented analyses for all drugs. We estimated incidence rate ratio (IRR) and relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).ResultsAnastomotic leakage occurred in 20.6% of patients. Preoperative beta blockers were used by 22.7% of the cohort, while the leak distribution was almost identical between exposure groups. In the main replication analysis, no association could be detected (IRR 0.95, 95% CI 0.68–1.33). In the causally oriented analyses, only metformin affected the risk of leakage (RR 1.59, 95% Cl 1.31–1.92).ConclusionWhile previous research has suggested that preoperative beta blocker use could be prognostic of anastomotic leakage, this study could not detect any such association. On the contrary, our results indicate that preoperative beta blocker use neither predicts nor causes anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer. 10.1111/codi.16933 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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spellingShingle Preoperative beta blockers and other drugs in relation to anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer
Anders Gerdin
Jennifer Park
Jenny Häggström
Josefin Segelman
Peter Matthiessen
Marie‐Louise Lydrup
Martin Rutegård
Colorectal Disease
Preoperative beta blockers and other drugs in relation to anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer Anders Gerdin Jennifer Park Jenny Häggström Josefin Segelman Peter Matthiessen Marie‐Louise Lydrup Martin Rutegård Colorectal Disease AbstractAimPrevious research has indicated that preoperative beta blocker therapy is associated with a decreased risk of complications after surgery for rectal cancer. This is thought to arise because of the anti‐inflammatory activity of the drug. These results need to be reproduced and analyses extended to other drugs with such properties, as this information might be useful in clinical decision‐making. The main aim of this work was to replicate previous findings of beta blocker use as a prognostic marker for postoperative leakage. We also investigated whether drug exposure might induce anastomotic leaks.MethodThis is a retrospective multicentre cohort study, comprising 1126 patients who underwent anterior resection for rectal cancer between 2014 and 2018. The use of any preoperative beta blocker was treated as the primary exposure, while anastomotic leakage within 12 months of surgery was the outcome. Secondary exposures comprised angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, statins and metformin. Using multivariable regression, we performed a replication analysis with a predictive aim for beta blockers only, while adjustment for confounding was done in more causally oriented analyses for all drugs. We estimated incidence rate ratio (IRR) and relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).ResultsAnastomotic leakage occurred in 20.6% of patients. Preoperative beta blockers were used by 22.7% of the cohort, while the leak distribution was almost identical between exposure groups. In the main replication analysis, no association could be detected (IRR 0.95, 95% CI 0.68–1.33). In the causally oriented analyses, only metformin affected the risk of leakage (RR 1.59, 95% Cl 1.31–1.92).ConclusionWhile previous research has suggested that preoperative beta blocker use could be prognostic of anastomotic leakage, this study could not detect any such association. On the contrary, our results indicate that preoperative beta blocker use neither predicts nor causes anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer. 10.1111/codi.16933 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Preoperative beta blockers and other drugs in relation to anastomotic leakage after anterior resection for rectal cancer
topic Colorectal Disease
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/codi.16933