Does surgical harm (SAEs) impact quality of life after general and gastrointestinal surgery?
Severe adverse events significantly negatively impact quality of life after general and gastrointestinal surgery.
Significantly negative effects of SAEs on QoL were demonstrated in a range of procedures. Postoperative QoL seems to be a surrogate for the severity of impact of SAEs on patients. QoL may be an important utility to evaluate the economic and societal impact of SAEs thereby defining the threshold for safe practice.
Bouras et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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