ArticleSurgical endoscopy2026
Preoperative sleep quality predicts postoperative morbidity in elderly gastric cancer patients undergoing radical gastrectomy: integration with nutritional and sarcopenia assessment.
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backgroundPostoperative complications remain a major challenge in elderly gastric cancer patients undergoing radical gastrectomy. Sleep disturbance is frequent, but its prognostic significance has not been established.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed 485 patients aged ≥ 60 years who underwent radical gastrectomy between June 2020 and June 2023. Sleep quality was measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) one day before surgery and at postoperative day 30. Nutritional risk was assessed by the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), and sarcopenia was defined by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 criteria. Thirty-day postoperative complications were classified by Clavien-Dindo grade. Multivariable proportional-odds and binary logistic regression were applied. Model performance was evaluated using c-index/AUC, Brier score, and calibration after 1000-bootstrap validation.
resultsAmong 485 patients (median age 67 years; 61.2% male), 160 (33.0%) developed complications, including 21 (4.3%) grade III-V events. Sarcopenia and nutritional risk were present in 30.9% and 27.2%, respectively. Higher preoperative PSQI independently predicted greater complication severity (per-point OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.22-1.52, P < 0.001). Additional predictors included total gastrectomy, open approach, low GNRI, sarcopenia, ASA ≥ III, Charlson index ≥ 3, and stage III disease. Postoperative PSQI also correlated with complication severity (OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.26-1.58), but this was considered exploratory due to temporal overlap. Predictive models showed good discrimination (AUC 0.74-0.79) and calibration after validation.
conclusionsPreoperative sleep quality independently predicts postoperative complications after radical gastrectomy. Integrating sleep, nutritional, and sarcopenia assessments improves risk stratification and highlights targets for perioperative optimization.
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