Analysis of POSSUM score and postoperative morbidity in patients with rectal cancer undergoing surgery

[1] Prytherch DR(1998)POSSUM and Portsmouth POSSUM for predicting mortality. Physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity Br J Surg 85 1217-1220

[2] Whiteley MS(2006)Mortality after acute surgery for complications of diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon is almost exclusively due to patient related factors Colorectal Dis 8 112-119

[3] Higgins B(1991)POSSUM: a scoring system for surgical audit Br J Surg 78 355-360

[4] Weaver PC(2003)The physiological and operative severity score for enumeration of mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) Br J Surg 90 157-165

[5] Prout WG(2002)The POSSUM system of surgical audit Arch Surg 137 15-19

[6] Powell SJ(2003)Evaluation of POSSUM and P-POSSUM scoring systems in patients undergoing colorectal surgery Br J Surg 90 340-345

[7] Oomen JL(1996)An evaluation of the POSSUM surgical scoring system Br J Surg 83 812-815

[8] Engel AF(1998)Comparison of POSSUM and the Portsmouth predictor equation for predicting death following vascular surgery Br J Surg 85 209-212

[9] Cuesta MA(2005)Evaluation of P-POSSUM in surgery for obstructing colorectal cancer and correlation of the predicted mortality with different surgical options Dis Colon Rectum 48 493-498

[10] Copeland GP(2002)An analysis of the accuracy of P-POSSUM scoring for mortality risk assessment after surgery for colorectal cancer Colorectal Dis 4 197-200

[1] Prytherch DR(1998)POSSUM and Portsmouth POSSUM for predicting mortality. Physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity Br J Surg 85 1217-1220

[2] Whiteley MS(2006)Mortality after acute surgery for complications of diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon is almost exclusively due to patient related factors Colorectal Dis 8 112-119

[3] Higgins B(1991)POSSUM: a scoring system for surgical audit Br J Surg 78 355-360

[4] Weaver PC(2003)The physiological and operative severity score for enumeration of mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) Br J Surg 90 157-165

[5] Prout WG(2002)The POSSUM system of surgical audit Arch Surg 137 15-19

[6] Powell SJ(2003)Evaluation of POSSUM and P-POSSUM scoring systems in patients undergoing colorectal surgery Br J Surg 90 340-345

[7] Oomen JL(1996)An evaluation of the POSSUM surgical scoring system Br J Surg 83 812-815

[8] Engel AF(1998)Comparison of POSSUM and the Portsmouth predictor equation for predicting death following vascular surgery Br J Surg 85 209-212

[9] Cuesta MA(2005)Evaluation of P-POSSUM in surgery for obstructing colorectal cancer and correlation of the predicted mortality with different surgical options Dis Colon Rectum 48 493-498

[10] Copeland GP(2002)An analysis of the accuracy of P-POSSUM scoring for mortality risk assessment after surgery for colorectal cancer Colorectal Dis 4 197-200