More than 30 Years of POSSUM: Are Scoring Systems Still Relevant Today for Colorectal Surgery?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM) weights the patient's individual health status and the extent of the surgical procedure to estimate the probability of postoperative complications and death of general surgery patients. The variations Portsmouth-POSSUM (P-POSSUM) and colorectal POSSUM (CR-POSSUM) were developed for estimating mortality in patients with low perioperative risk and for patients with colorectal carcinoma, respectively. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the significance of POSSUM, P-POSSUM, and CR-POSSUM in two independent colorectal cancer cohorts undergoing surgery, with an emphasis on laparoscopic procedures.

Methods

For each patient, an individual physiological score (P

SUBMITTER: Burtin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10779462 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature