Transatlantic registries of pancreatic surgery in the United States of America, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden: Comparing design, variables, patients, treatment strategies, and outcomes

• Published in: Surgery Vol. 169; no. 2; pp. 396 - 402
• Main Authors: Mackay, Tara. M., Gleeson, Elizabeth M., Wellner, Ulrich F., Williamsson, Caroline, Busch, Olivier R., Groot Koerkamp, Bas, Keck, Tobias, van Santvoort, Hjalmar C., Tingstedt, Bobby, Pitt, Henry A., Besselink, Marc G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Cancer and Oncology; Cancer och onkologi; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - mortality; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - pathology; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - therapy; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant - statistics & numerical data; Clinical Medicine; Female; Germany - epidemiology; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Klinisk medicin; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data; Neoadjuvant Therapy - methods; Neoadjuvant Therapy - statistics & numerical data; Netherlands - epidemiology; Pancreas - pathology; Pancreas - surgery; Pancreatic Neoplasms - mortality; Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - therapy; Pancreaticoduodenectomy - adverse effects; Pancreaticoduodenectomy - methods; Pancreaticoduodenectomy - statistics & numerical data; Registries - statistics & numerical data; Reoperation - statistics & numerical data; Sweden - epidemiology; Treatment Outcome; United States - epidemiology; Netherlands; Sweden; United States; Germany
• ISSN: 0039-6060; 1532-7361
• DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.07.012

Registries of pancreatic surgery have become increasingly popular as they facilitate both quality improvement and clinical research. We aimed to compare registries for design, variables collected, patient characteristics, treatment strategies, clinical outcomes, and pathology. Registered variables and outcomes of pancreatoduodenectomy (2014–2017) in 4 nationwide or multicenter pancreatic surgery registries from the United States of America (American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program), Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie - Studien-, Dokumentations- und Qualitätszentrum), the Netherlands (Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Audit), and Sweden (Swedish National Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancer Registry) were compared. A core registry set of 55 parameters was identified and evaluated using relative and absolute largest differences between extremes (smallest versus largest). Overall, 22,983 pancreatoduodenectomies were included (15,224, 3,558, 2,795, and 1,406 in the United States of America, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden). Design of the registries varied because 20 out of 55 (36.4%) core parameters were not available in 1 or more registries. Preoperative chemotherapy in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma was administered in 27.6%, 4.9%, 7.0%, and 3.4% (relative largest difference 8.1, absolute largest difference 24.2%, P < .001). Minimally invasive surgery was performed in 7.8%, 4.5%, 13.5%, and unknown (relative largest difference 3.0, absolute largest difference 9.0%, P < .001). Median length of stay was 8.0, 16.0, 12.0, and 11.0 days (relative largest difference 2.0, absolute largest difference 8.0, P < .001). Reoperation was performed in 5.7%, 17.1%, 8.7%, and 11.2% (relative largest difference 3.0, absolute largest difference 11.4%, P < .001). In-hospital mortality was 1.3%, 4.7%, 3.6%, and 2.7% (relative largest difference 3.6, absolute largest difference 3.4%, P < .001). Considerable differences exist in the design, variables, patients, treatment strategies, and outcomes in 4 Western registries of pancreatic surgery. The absolute largest differences of 24.3% for the use of preoperative chemotherapy, 9.0% for minimally invasive surgery, 11.4% for reoperation rate, and 3.4% for in-hospital mortality require further study and improvement. This analysis provides 55 core parameters for pancreatic surgery registries.