Does perioperative lymphocytopenia predict 30-day mortality and severe complications in patients undergoing bowel resection surgery?
Perioperative lymphocytopenia is a routinely available laboratory marker that identifies patients at high risk for complications and mortality after bowel resection surgery.
Perioperative lymphocytopenia is associated with 30-days mortality, severe complications and anastomotic leak after bowel resection surgery. These routinely available laboratory data could help to identify patients at high-risk for developing complications.
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