Why the study?
Does POSSUM scoring accurately predict morbidity and mortality in patients aged 80 years or over undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
Population
70 patients aged 80 years or over undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in one surgical unit between…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
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Clinicians should interpret POSSUM mortality predictions cautiously in octogenarians undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy; leaves open need for validation or recalibration in elderly cohorts.
Does POSSUM scoring accurately predict morbidity and mortality in patients aged 80 years or over undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
POSSUM scoring accurately predicts morbidity but overpredicts mortality in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Tambyraja et al. (2005) studied this question.
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