Why the study?
Despite improvements in surgical care, anastomotic leakage incidence remains stable following colorectal cancer surgery, prompting a review of predictive risk factors and biomarkers.
What are the predictive factors and biomarkers for anastomotic leakage following colorectal cancer surgery?
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May support risk-stratified monitoring after colorectal cancer surgery; leaves open prospective validation of biomarkers before clinical adoption.
What are the predictive factors and biomarkers for anastomotic leakage following colorectal cancer surgery?
Identifying risk factors and biomarkers for anastomotic leakage may help guide perioperative surveillance and early diagnosis in colorectal cancer surgery.
Tsalikidis et al. (2023) studied this question.
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