Hypoalbuminemia and colorectal cancer patients: Any correlation?: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author:

Christina Natalia Maria1,Tjahyanto Teddy2,Lie Jason Gunawan2,Santoso Tiffanie Almas1,Albertus Hans1,Octavianus Daniel2,Putri Derby Ayudhia Utami Iskandar1,Andrew Johanes2,Jatinugroho Yusuf Damar2,Shiady Christian2,Wijaya Jeremiah Hilkiah1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Surgery, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

2. Department of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Abstract

Background: In malnourished patients with colorectal cancer, hypoalbuminemia is common and was proposed to determine the postoperative outcome of colorectal surgery. Mounting articles published but have not been evaluated. We aim to assess the predictive value of preoperative hypoalbuminemia in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Methods: We performed a literature search from PubMed, Euro PMC, and Cochrane with the terms serum albumin, hypoalbuminemia, prognosis, outcome, colorectal cancer, and neoplasm. We also hand-searched and included any relevant papers. Hypoalbuminemia is defined as plasma albumin level < 3.5 mg/dL. We restricted the included studies to English language and adults undergoing colectomy, laparotomy, laparoscopy, or abdominoperineal resection. Any types of articles were included, except an abstract-only publication and those that did not report the key exposure or outcome of interest. The key exposures were mortality, hospitalization time, and morbid conditions (thrombosis, surgical site infection, sepsis, and wound events). We pooled the odds ratio from each included literature as effect size. The Newcastle Ottawa scale and GRADE were used to determine the quality of each included study. Results: Hereof 7 observational studies (236,480 individuals) were included. Our meta-analysis found that preoperative hypoalbuminemia can predict the postoperative outcome in colorectal cancer patients. Individuals with hypoalbuminemia were not associated with 30-day mortality (risk ratio [RR] 2.05 [0.72, 5.86], P = .18, I 2 = 99%) but were associated with morbidity (RR 2.28 [1.78, 2.93], P < .00001, I 2 = 87.5%), surgical complication (RR 1.69 [1.34, 2.13], P < .00001, I 2 = 98%), and hospitalization (RR 2.21 [1.93, 2.52], P < .00001, I 2 = 0%). According to newcastle ottawa scale, the included studies are of moderate to sound quality. Conclusions: The current systematic review and meta-analysis showed that preoperative hypoalbuminemia was significantly associated with morbidity, length of stay, and surgical complication but not mortality.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

General Medicine

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