Video recording of large bowel cancer to improve surgical quality

Availability of information according to predefined checklists

Surgical characteristics

• Type of surgical procedure

• Laparoscopic, open or converted surgery

• Surgery duration in minutes

• Hand sewn of stapled anastomosis

• Type of anastomosis

• Perforation during surgery

• Blood loss in ml

• Amount of blood transfusions necessary

• Intra-operative surgical complications

• Intra-operative anesthetic complication

• Intra-operative medical complication

• Drain placement

• Stoma yes‎/no



Pathological characteristics

• Pathology Benign/pre-malignant/Malignant

• Proximal resection margin in mm

• Quality of TME resection

• Tumor size in cm

• In case of second tumor: Benign/pre-malignant/Malignant

• In case of second tumor: Proximal resection margin in mm

• In case of second tumor: Quality of TME resection

• In case of second tumor: Tumor size in cm

• Total number of lymph nodes

• Number of positive lymph nodes

• Pathological Tumor stage

• Pathological Nodal stage

• In case of second tumor: Pathological Tumor stage

• In case of second tumor: Pathological Nodal stage

• Pathological Metastasis stage



Postoperative characteristics

• Postoperative morbidity or mortality ≤30days according to the Clavien Dindo calssification

• Postoperatie wound infection

• Postoperative intra-abdominal abcess

• Postoperative urinary tract infection

• Postoperative respiratory tract infection

• Postoperative cardiological complication

• Postoperative neurological complication

• Postoperative thrombosis (DVT‎/PE)

• Postoperative Ileus

• Time until first bowel movement (days)

• Postoperative bleeding

• Anastomotic leakage

• Time of postoperative stay in hospital

• Readmittance ≤30days postop

• Oncological recurrance