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Comprehensive Survival Analysis of Alveolar Echinococcosis Patients, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022
Ansgar Deibel
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, Yanick Kindler
1, Rubens Mita, Soleen Ghafoor, Cordula Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Barbara Brunner-Geissmann, Alexander Schweiger, Felix Grimm, Michael Reinehr, Achim Weber, Cäcilia S. Reiner, Andreas E. Kremer, Henrik Petrowsky, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Peter Deplazes, Stefanie von Felten, and Beat Müllhaupt
Author affiliation: University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (A. Deibel, Y. Kindler, S. Ghafoor, C. Meyer zu Schwabedissen, B. Brunner-Geissmann, M. Reinehr, A. Weber, C.S. Reiner, A.E. Kremer, H. Petrowsky, P.-A. Clavien, B. Müllhaupt); University of Zurich, Zurich (R. Mita, F. Grimm, P. Deplazes, S. von Felten); Cantonal Hospital Zug, Zug, Switzerland (A. Schweiger)
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Figure 6. Matched survival analysis of AE cases, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022. A) Results of nearest neighbor matching. Non-AE death hazard ratio (HR) = 0.48 (95% CI 0.30–0.77), p = 0.002; AE death HR = 0.15 (95% CI 0.02–1.27), p = 0.082. B) Results after genetic matching. Non-AE death HR = 0.49 (95% CI 0.29–0.84), p = 0.009; AE death HR = 0.18 (95% CI 0.02–1.56), p= 0.12. Patients undergoing curatively intended surgery within 1 year of diagnosis showed better overall survival. AE related death did not differ after matching. AE, alveolar echinococcosis.
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