Why the study?
Surgical safety checklists reduce morbidity and mortality, but a specific checklist for key phases of rectal cancer surgery care was needed.
The development of a 25-item rectal cancer surgery checklist by The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons aims to improve care and reduce omissions during preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases.
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May support standardized rectal cancer surgical care; leaves open prospective validation of outcomes.
Glasgow et al. (2016) studied Rectal cancer. Rectal cancer surgery checklist was evaluated on Ability to improve care in complex rectal surgery cases by reducing the possibility of omission. A consensus-oriented process generated a 25-item checklist covering the essential elements of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care for patients undergoing rectal cancer surgery.
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