Efficacy of preoperative single-dose dexamethasone in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications following minimally invasive esophagectomy: a retrospective propensity score-matched study.

Perioper Med (Lond)

Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, #52 Fucheng Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100142, China.

Published: May 2024

Background: The study was performed to investigate the efficacy and safety of preoperative dexamethasone (DXM) in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE).

Methods: Patients who underwent total MIE with two-field lymph node dissection from February 2018 to February 2023 were included in this study. Patients who were given either 5 mg or 10 mg DXM as preoperative prophylactic medication before induction of general anesthesia were assigned to the DXM group, while patients who did not receive DXM were assigned to the control group. Preoperative evaluations, intraoperative data, and occurrence of postoperative complications were analyzed. The primary outcome was the incidence of PPCs occurring by day 7 after surgery.

Results: In total, 659 patients were included in the study; 453 patients received preoperative DXM, while 206 patients did not. Propensity score-matched analysis created a matched cohort of 366 patients, with 183 patients each in the DXM and control groups. A total of 24.6% of patients in the DXM group and 30.6% of patients in the control group had PPCs (P = 0.198). The incidence of respiratory failure was significantly lower in the DXM group than in the control group (1.1% vs 5.5%, P = 0.019). Fewer patients were re-intubated during their hospital stay in the DXM group than in the control group (1.1% vs 5.5%, P = 0.019).

Conclusions: Preoperative DXM before induction of anesthesia did not reduce overall PPC development after MIE. Nevertheless, the occurrence of early respiratory failure and the incidence of re-intubation during hospitalization were decreased.

Trial Registration: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (No. ChiCTR2300071674; Date of registration, 22/05/2023).

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