Why the study?
Does the surgeon's 'gut-feeling' accurately predict postoperative morbidity and mortality compared to POSSUM/P-POSSUM scores in patients undergoing major hepatobiliary or gastrointestinal surgery?
Population
1077 consecutive patients undergoing major hepatobiliary or gastrointestinal surgery
Comparison
Surgeon's 'gut-feeling' prediction of… vs POSSUM and P-POSSUM scoring systems
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative period
Authors
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Surgeon gut-feeling may complement risk assessment in major GI/hepatobiliary surgery; observational data leaves open validation against POSSUM before practice change.
Does the surgeon's 'gut-feeling' accurately predict postoperative morbidity and mortality compared to POSSUM/P-POSSUM scores in patients undergoing major hepatobiliary or gastrointestinal surgery?
The surgeon's gut-feeling is a more accurate predictor of postoperative morbidity than the POSSUM scoring system in major gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery.
Markus et al. (2005) studied this question.
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