Background Risk prediction tools can be used in the perioperative setting to identify high‐
risk patients who may benefit from increased surveillance and monitoring in the …

Abstract Introduction The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of
Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) model and its Portsmouth (P-POSSUM) and colorectal …

Objective: The aim of the present prospective study was to validate externally a 4-item
predictive score of mortality after colorectal surgery (the AFC score) by testing its …

Background Open oesophagectomy has a detrimental impact on health-related quality of life
(HRQL), with recovery taking up to a year. Minimally invasive oesophagectomy (MIO) may …

Purpose Adequate oxygenation is necessary for anastomotic healing, and ischemia has
been found to be one of the most important factors in anastomotic leakage. This study was …

Objective: To review two predictive models, based on the American Society of
Anaesthesiologists (ASA) and the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the …

Well-known and suitable instruments for surgical audit are the POSSUM and P-POSSUM
scoring systems. But these scores have not been well validated across the countries. The …

INTRODUCTION To report our initial experience of laparostomy and immediate intra-
abdominal vacuum therapy in patients with severe peritonitis due to intra-abdominal …

Aim The aim of this study was to develop and externally validate a clinically, practical and
discriminative prediction model designed to estimate in‐hospital mortality of patients …

Background Preoperative risk prediction to assess mortality and morbidity may be helpful to
surgical decision making. The aim of this study was to compare mortality and morbidity of …