Adverse in-hospital outcomes after major cancer surgery in paraplegic patients
Across the five major oncologic procedures, paraplegic patients consistently exhibited higher rates of adverse in-hospital outcomes. The excess risk was most pronounced after colectomy, radical hysterectomy, and lung resection, moderate after pancreatectomy, and least evident after gastrectomy. Similarly, the magnitude of the disadvantage also varied depending on the definition of adverse in-hospital outcome and major cancer surgery type.
Authors
- Fabian Falkenbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1907-3982)
- Andrea Marmiroli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7241-8793)
- Michele Nicolazzini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7773-5101)
- Jordan A. Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4609-8981)
- Mattia Luca Piccinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0337-3331)
- Stefano Luzzago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9373-1413)
- Natali Rodriguez Peñaranda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3057-3805)
- Gennaro Musi
- Calogero Catanzaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6265-5288)
- Quynh Chi Le (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9209-8776)
- Felix K. H. Chun
- Fred Saad
- Carlotta Palumbo
- Markus Graefen
- Riccardo Schiavina
- Mattia Longoni
- Pierre I. Karakiewicz
- Shahrokh F. Shariat
- Francesco Alessandro Mistretta
- Alberto Briganti
- Salvatore Micali
Institutions
- Al-Ahliyya Amman University (JO)
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” (IT)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Cornell University (US)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale Di Modena (IT)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna (AT)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Martini-Klinik (DE)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carita (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Maggiore (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- Piedmont University (US)
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele (IT)
- European Institute of Oncology (IT)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spinal Cord
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-026-01175-4
- Primary Topic
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00