Why the study?
Does the POSSUM scoring system accurately predict mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing oesophagectomy for cancer?
Population
204 patients who had undergone oesophagectomy for cancer
Comparison
POSSUM predictor equations for morbidity and… vs Observed morbidity and mortality rates
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30-day
Authors
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POSSUM should not yet guide oesophagectomy risk assessment; hypothesis-generating for procedure-specific model recalibration.
Does the POSSUM scoring system accurately predict mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing oesophagectomy for cancer?
The POSSUM scoring system does not accurately predict mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing oesophagectomy for cancer and requires modification.
Zafirellis et al. (2002) studied this question.
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