Surgery Today 

About: Surgery Today is an academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Surgical oncology & Cancer. It has an ISSN identifier of 0941-1291. Over the lifetime, 8657 publications have been published receiving 118834 citations.

Extended Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications: Japan Clinical Oncology Group postoperative complications criteria

Abstract: Prior to publication of the Clavien-Dindo classification in 2004, there were no grading definitions for surgical complications in either clinical practice or surgical trials. This report establishes supplementary criteria for this classification to standardize the evaluation of postoperative complications in clinical trials. The Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) commissioned a committee. Members from nine surgical study groups (gastric, esophageal, colorectal, lung, breast, gynecologic, urologic, bone and soft tissue, and brain) specified postoperative complications experienced commonly in their fields and defined more detailed grading criteria for each complication in accordance with the general grading rules of the Clavien-Dindo classification. We listed 72 surgical complications experienced commonly in surgical trials, focusing on 17 gastroenterologic complications, 13 infectious complications, six thoracic complications, and several other complications. The grading criteria were defined simply and were optimized for surgical complications. The JCOG postoperative complications criteria (JCOG PC criteria) aim to standardize the terms used to define adverse events (AEs) and provide detailed grading guidelines based on the Clavien-Dindo classification. We believe that the JCOG PC criteria will allow for more precise comparisons of the frequency of postoperative complications among trials across many different surgical fields.

The General rules for recording endoscopic findings on esophageal varices

Abstract: The Japanese Research Society for Portal Hypertension proposes the following General Rule for Recording Findings on Esophageal Varices obtained by fiberoptic endoscopy. This proposal is based on an agreement of the members, reached on the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society held on the 28th day of June, 1979 in Osaka. These rules are applicable only for recordings on esophageal varices obtained by fiberoptic endoscopy; they do not apply in recording gastric varices. Endoscopic diagnoses are to be made by inspection with the naked eye; photographs taken during the examination are not to be used as the basis for classification. Findings are to be classified into four main categories, i.e. Fundamental Color, Red Color Sign, Form, and Location.