Complication reporting with the Bern Comprehensive Complication Index CCI after open radical prostatectomy: A longitudinal long-term single-center study.

Löffel, Lukas M.; Gross, Tobias; Schneider, Marc P.; Burkhard, Fiona C.; Thalmann, George N.; Bosshard, Piet; Wuethrich, Patrick Y.; Furrer, Marc A. (2020). Complication reporting with the Bern Comprehensive Complication Index CCI after open radical prostatectomy: A longitudinal long-term single-center study. Urologic oncology - seminars and original investigations, 38(3), 79.e1-79.e8. Elsevier 10.1016/j.urolonc.2019.09.021

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OBJECTIVE

To impartially optimize complication reporting in patients after open radical prostatectomy (ORP) and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) by adopting the modified Bern Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI). ORP and PLND are associated with relevant postoperative morbidity. The CCI-ranging from 0 (no complications) to 100 (death)-is a tool that aims to integrate all complications occuring within 90 days postoperatively weighted by severity in a single formula.

METHODS

In an observational single-center cohort, 90-day postoperative complications of 1,123 consecutive patients undergoing standardized ORP and PLND between 1996 and 2017 were evaluated. Prospectively collected complications were graded according to the Clavien-Dindo Classification. Grade I to II complications were defined as minor and grade IIIa to V as major. Finally, the recently developed modified Bern CCI using an exponential function, which transforms the sum of the weights into a value between 0 and 100 and the original CCI for each patient were extracted and compared. The correlation between the modified Bern and original CCI values was depicted graphically.

RESULTS

The complication rate was 42%, with 18% minor and 24% major complications. With the original CCI, the threshold of 100 was exceeded in 1 patient who had a maximal index value of 101 within 90d postoperatively. The maximal value of the Bern CCI was 97.5. Mean Bern and original CCI scores and standard deviations were 6.2 (11.3) and 7.6 (12.2) at 30 days, and 9.3 (13.9) and 10.7 (14.2) at 90 days.

CONCLUSIONS

The Bern CCI provides a more precise depiction of postoperative morbidity and represents the burden in patients with >1 complication after ORP and PLND more accurately than the original CCI allowing for a more reliable evaluation of quality of care and recovery. It therefore warrants consideration for standardized reporting of complications after ORP and PLND.

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