Overstreet Demario S, Hollis Robert H
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2024 May 13;38(1):34-40. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1786532. eCollection 2025 Jan.
Racial inequities in short and long-term outcomes following colorectal surgery continue to persist. Using inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer as disease foci, we review existing racial inequities in surgical outcomes and complications, discuss how social determinants of health and biopsychosocial factors can contribute to these inequities, and highlight potential mechanisms for building interventions to achieve health equity following colorectal surgery for minority populations.
结直肠手术后短期和长期结果中的种族不平等现象持续存在。以炎症性肠病和结直肠癌为疾病重点,我们回顾了手术结果和并发症中现有的种族不平等现象,讨论了健康的社会决定因素和生物心理社会因素如何导致这些不平等,并强调了构建干预措施以实现少数族裔结直肠手术后健康公平的潜在机制。