Evaluating operative risk in colorectal cancer surgery: ASA and POSSUM-based predictive models

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 83-92

  Al Homoud, Samar ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Aziz, Omer ^a   J Smith, Jason ^b   D Thompson, Michael ^c   W Darzi, Ara ^a   D Stamatakis, Jeffrey ^d   P Tekkis, Paris ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Operative mortality; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 9644276953     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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