Table 3.

Clinical data for 21 cancelled cases followed up after one year

No.	Age/sex	Diagnosis	Planned surgery	Reason(s) for cancellation	Outcome after one year
1	87/F	Ileus	Gastrojejunal bypass	Terminal stage, peritoneal carcinomatosis, aspiration pneumonia	Died of cancer 99 days after the conference
2	54/F	Brain tumor, SLE	Resection	Severe infection due to long-term steroid administration	Survived
3	74/F	Ileus	Metallic stent insertion	Terminal stage, peritoneal carcinomatosis, liver failure	Died of cancer 24 days after the conference
4	69/M	Lung cancer, empyema with bronchopleural fistula	Musculocutaneous flaps plombage	Respiratory failure	Died of respiratory failure 13 days after the conference
5	64/F	Pancreatic cancer, SLE	PD	Pancreatitis, CKD on HD	Died of cancer 121 days after the conference
6	70/M	Oesophageal cancer	Esophagectomy	COPD on HOT	Radiotherapy and chemotherapy, survived
7	68/F	Hepatic hemangioma	Resection	CKD on HD	Survived
8	56/F	Metastatic ovarian cancer	BSO	Surgical difficulty, rapidly growing cancer	Died of cancer 19 days after the conference
9	80/M	Gangrene of the lower limb	Amputation	Low cardiac function, COPD, CKD on HD	Died of heart failure four days after the conference
10	46/M	Liver failure	Living donor liver transplant	Ethical issue (family refusal)	Died of liver failure the day after the conference
11	1/M	Liver tumor	Open biopsy	Low birth weight, tracheomalacia, chronic lung disease	Survived
12	72/M	Lung cancer	Partial pulmonary resection	COPD	Chemotherapy, survived
13	79/M	Gastric cancer	Complete gastrectomy	CKD on HD, carotid artery stenosis	Chemotherapy, survived
14	43/F	Large retroperitoneal tumor	Resection	Surgical difficulty	Chemotherapy, survived
15	72/M	Renal-cell carcinoma	Laparoscopic nephrectomy	Pneumonia, heart failure	Died of pneumonia 19 days after conference
16	1/M	Pilomyxoid astrocytoma	Ventriculoperitoneal shunt	Ethical issue (patient in vegetative state)	Radiotherapy, survived
17	63/F	Spondylolisthesis	Spinal fusion	LC, CKD on HD, PE	Survived
18	79/M	Gastric cancer	Complete gastrectomy	COPD, AS, CAD	Died of MI 23 days after the conference
19	76/M	Large retroperitoneal tumor	Resection	Surgical difficulty	Chemotherapy, survived
20	34/M	Cervical spine injury, AIDS	Internal fixation	Severe infection	Died of pneumonia seven days after the conference
21	68/M	Lung cancer, bronchopleural fistula	Closure	COPD	Died of cancer 134 days after the conference

Abbreviations: AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AS aortic valve stenosis, BSO bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, CAD coronary artery disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HD hemodialysis, HOT home oxygen therapy, LC liver cirrhosis, MI myocardial infarction, PD pancreaticoduodenectomy, PE pulmonary embolism, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus