Table 2. Textbook outcome definitions applied to different surgeries.
| Factors in assessing textbook outcomes | Colo-rectal (12) | Gastrectomy (13) | Esophageal (9) | Bariatric (14) | Sarcoma (15,16) | Vascular (17) | Paediatric Liver (18) | Lung (19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative margins | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No 30-day mortality | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (90days) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No major complications | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No minor complications | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No readmission (30 days) | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (90 days) | ✓ (ICU) |
| No reoperation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No prolonged LOS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| No of nodes | ✗ | ≥16 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Stage appropriate chemotherapy | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No stoma | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
LOS, length of stay; ICU, intensive care unit.