ALB and diabetes mellitus: Recently, there have been reports, suggesting that the disparity in outcomes after complex surgery may not be due to differences in hospital volume, but to differences in the patients’ characteristics [12, 13]. Indeed, in our data, many of the patient’s clinical characteristics were significantly worse (high age, weight loss ≥ 10%, ASAPS ≥ 3, DM with insulin use, hypertension, serum albumin < 2.5 g/dl, and serum creatinine > 1.2 mg/dl) in patients treated at Non-AIBCESs.