Preoperative Risk Stratification in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: Comparing Risk Models with the Clinical Judgment of the Surgeon.
Eliza R C HagensNanke CuiSusan van DierenWietse J EshuisWytze LamérisMark I van Berge HenegouwenSuzanne Sarah GisbertzPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)
Prediction models tend to overestimate the risk of any complication, whereas surgeons tend to underestimate this risk. Overall, surgeons' estimations differ between surgeons and vary between similar to slightly better than the prediction models.