Perioperative outcome of colorectal cancer and validation of CR-POSSUM in a Caribbean country

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 534-538

  Hariharan, Seetharaman ^a   Chen, Deryk ^a   Ramkissoon, Anushka ^a   Taklalsingh, Nicholas ^a   Bodkyn, Chevonne ^a   Cupidore, Ryon ^a   Ramdin, Amit ^a   Ramsaroop, Akash ^a   Sinanan, Videsh ^a   Teelucksingh, Siara ^a   Verma, Sumit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer surgery; CR POSSUM; Developing country; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL PHYSIOLOGICAL AND OPERATIVE SEVERITY SCORE FOR THE ENUMERATION OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70649091126     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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