ABSTRACT
Objective:
To identify characteristics and associate the complications in cancer patients operated on by the Spine Group at the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo (ICESP) from January 2020 to December 2020.
Methods:
Retrospective analysis of medical records of patients operated on by the spine group.
Results:
Of the total of 62 cases, the majority, 69.4%, were residents of the state of São Paulo. There were 24.2% of smokers, of which 93.3% died. We identified that 48.4% had no family history of CA. It was identified that 62.9% received radiotherapy, and 75.8% were undergoing systemic treatment. There were three preoperative transfusions, 16 intraoperative transfusions, and five postoperative transfusions. We found an association between cases that required postoperative transfusion and cases of infection, p=0.019. The total number of postoperative infections was 9 cases (14.5%).
Conclusions:
Postoperative infections are undesirable events in the oncological context in the postoperative period and may be associated with the patient’s clinical conditions. Level of Evidence III; Retrospective Study.
Keywords:
Postoperative Wound Infection; Spinal Cord Compression; Spine