Will My Patient Survive an Anastomotic Leak? Predicting Failure to Rescue Using the Modified Frailty Index.
Richard Trafford SpenceDhruvin H HirparaSachin DoshiFayez A QuereshySami A ChadiPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2020)
Age and ASA remain the most reliable predictors of failure to rescue anastomotic leak after colectomy for colorectal cancer. Addition of the modified frailty index, or all variables collected by NSQIP, did not significantly improve predictive performance.