Russian Registry of Surgical OutcomeS

Currently, the incidence of perioperative complications and mortality associated with surgical intervention are minimized. However, taking into account the significant number of surgical interventions performed worldwide (more than 300 million per year), the total number of patients with complicated postoperative periods is large, and postoperative mortality ranks third in the structure of causes of death (7, 7%), second only to coronary heart disease and stroke. Moreover, even in discharged patients, complications that develop can significantly reduce quality of life and worsen long-term prognosis. To a greater extent, the above applies to high-risk patients, whose identification is a priority task of anesthesiology.

Identification of risk factors that cause a high probability of an unfavorable outcome is currently unthinkable without conducting comprehensive prospective population-based studies, which, on the one hand, make it possible to assess the contribution of many variables to the risk of complications and mortality, and on the other hand, to maximally cover a certain population by identifying characteristic predictors for it. To date, several population-based studies and programs have been described in the literature that have led to the creation of national databases (registries) of postoperative outcomes. Such studies include several international (ISOS, EuSOS and ASOS) and national ones, such as SweSOS [8] or ColSOS , which are at different stages of implementation. Among the national databases, the best known is the ACS-NSQIP (American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program) database, which contains information on the outcomes of surgical treatment for more than 5 million patients in the United States since 1991 .

The results obtained from these studies often vary widely, due to the diversity of approaches to study inclusion criteria, differences in the characteristics of the populations studied, and the lack of a uniform view on the classification of postoperative outcomes. When assessing mortality, the authors most often record 30-day mortality, however, taking into account modern ideas about the role of perioperative factors and complications in the development of an unfavorable long-term outcome, the need to determine one-year mortality becomes obvious. As shown by the national observational study SweSOS, the mortality rate increases significantly over time, with 30-day mortality being 1.8%, 3-month mortality - 3.9%, and 6-month and annual mortality - 5.0% and 8.5% , respectively .

There is also no uniform approach to the registration of postoperative complications, and modern protocols use several systems, the most common of which are the classification of the joint working group of ESA (The European Society of Anesthesiologists) and ESICM (The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, The European). Society of Intensive Care Medicine) and the ACS-NSQIP classification (The American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)). And although they are similar in many ways (complications are grouped into blocks according to the nature of the disorders), differences are also present, and even the same complication may have a different definition. In addition, some significant outcomes are not included in these classifications, which predetermines their underestimation.

Of course, one of the advantages of creating a large population-based database is the recording of a large number of potential predictors of adverse outcome and subsequent assessment of their individual contribution to the complex perioperative risk. The type of surgical intervention itself is a factor that largely determines the likelihood of complications.

The goal is to create a Russian national calculator for the risk of postoperative complications and mortality.

Primary target points:

• Creation of a national register of postoperative outcomes in different areas of surgery.
• Determination of the frequency and structure of outcomes after elective and emergency surgery.
• Identification of predictors of unfavorable outcome.
• Development and validation of a model for predicting complications and mortality in various areas of surgery
• Creation of calculators for the risk of postoperative complications and mortality in various fields of surgery and their integration into a single calculator
• Analysis of long-term results in patients with postoperative complications (90 days and a year after surgery)

Secondary target points:

• The role of concomitant diseases in the development of unfavorable outcome
• The influence of age on primary and secondary postoperative outcomes
• The influence of the type of anesthesia on the course of the postoperative period
• The influence of oncological pathology and specific treatment on primary and secondary postoperative outcomes
• The impact of the urgency of surgery on the risk of an unfavorable outcome
• Influence of localization, access and duration of surgery on postoperative outcome
• Assessment and validation of surgical and anesthesiological risk scales for lethal outcome (can be listed)
• Evaluation and validation of surgical and anesthetic risk scales for primary and secondary outcomes
• Stratification of patients at high perioperative risk with details on cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, hepatic, hemostasiological, infectious and others.
• Influence of quality criteria for implementation of FAR recommendations on the course of the postoperative period
• Analysis of the course of ICU-syndrome in patients with complications and depending on the maximum score on the SOFA scale and the structure of MOF in the postoperative period
• Analysis of the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures in patients with ICU-syndrome
• Analysis of the causes of mortality (based on autopsy reports and clinical and laboratory data of patients).

Cohort A

The checklist (basic) is filled out for all patients with postoperative complications. At the same time, the total number of patients operated on in a particular center is taken into account on a quarterly basis, taking into account their distribution by area of surgery. Based on the data from the basic checklist, answers will be received to the following target points:

• Creation of a national register of postoperative outcomes in different areas of surgery.
• Determination of the frequency and structure of outcomes after planned and emergency surgical interventions.
• Analysis of long-term results in patients with postoperative complications (90 days and a year after surgery)
• Analysis of the course of ICU-syndrome in patients with complications and depending on the maximum score on the scale and the structure of MOF in the postoperative period
• Analysis of the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures in patients with ICU syndrome

Cohort B Basic checklist plus additional checklist: completed for all operated patients within one selected week quarterly The total number of patients operated on in a particular center is also taken into account quarterly, taking into account their distribution by area of surgery.

Based on the data from the basic and additional checklists, answers to the most important target points (3 primary and 10 secondary) will be obtained:

• Identification of predictors of unfavorable outcome.
• Development and validation of a model for predicting complications and mortality in various fields of surgery
• Creation of calculators for the risk of postoperative complications and mortality in various fields of surgery and their integration into a single calculator
• The role of concomitant diseases in the development of unfavorable outcome
• The influence of age on primary and secondary postoperative outcomes
• The influence of the type of anesthesia on the course of the postoperative period
• The influence of oncological pathology and specific treatment on primary and secondary postoperative outcomes
• The impact of the urgency of surgery on the risk of an unfavorable outcome
• The influence of localization, access and duration of surgery on postoperative outcome
• Assessment and validation of surgical and anesthesiological risk scales for lethal outcome (can be listed)
• Evaluation and validation of surgical and anesthetic risk scales for primary and secondary outcomes
• Stratification of patients at high perioperative risk with details on cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, hepatic, hemostasiological, infectious and others.
• Influence of quality criteria for implementation of FAR recommendations on the course of the postoperative period

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients (age 18 years and older) undergoing elective surgery:

• In obstetrics
• In gynecology
• Breast
• In urology and kidneys
• In endocrine surgery
• In maxillofacial surgery
• In orthopedics and traumatology
• On the lower abdominal cavity
• On the liver and biliary tract
• On the upper abdominal cavity
• In thoracic surgery
• In vascular surgery
• In neurosurgery
• In cardiac surgery
• In other areas (with mandatory specification)
• Adult patients (age 18 years and older) undergoing emergency surgery in the listed and other areas of surgery (for example, in purulent surgery).

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of informed consent from the patient
• Complications associated with the manipulations of an anesthesiologist
• Interventions without the participation of an anesthesiologist-resuscitator
• Incomplete checklists
• Errors when filling checklists
• Deviations from the Register protocol