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The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) and later modifications (P-POSSUM y CR-POSSUM) have been used to predict morbidity and mortality rates among patients with rectal cancer undergoing surgery. These calculations need some adjustment, however. The aim of this study was to assess the applicability of POSSUM to a group of patients with rectal cancer undergoing surgery, analysing surgical morbidity by means of several variables.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of General Surgery, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Avda Pio XII, 36., 31080, Pamplona, Spain. vvalenti@unav.es
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