Development of a Risk Score to Predict Anastomotic Leak After Left-Sided Colectomy: Which Patients Warrant Diversion?

Nicholas P McKennaKatherine A BewsRobert R CimaCynthia S CrowsonElizabeth B Habermann

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)

A novel risk score can be used to stratify patients according to anastomotic leak risk after elective left-sided resection. Intraoperative calculation of scores for patients can help guide surgical decision-making in both diverting the highest risk patients and avoiding diversion in low-risk patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported