A Systematic Review of POSSUM and its Related Models as Predictors of Post-operative Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1511-1520

  Richards, Colin Hewitt ^a   Leitch, Fiona E ^a   Horgan, Paul G ^a   McMillan, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; CR POSSUM; Mortality; P POSSUM; POSSUM; Surgical scoring systems; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECTUM TUMOR; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957019561     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1333-5     Document Type: Article

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