Cost of postoperative complications of lower anterior resection for rectal cancer: a nationwide registry study of 15,187 patients.
Hiraku KumamaruYoshihiro KakejiKiyohide FushimiKoichi Benjamin IshikawaHiroyuki YamamotoHideki HashimotoMinoru OnoTadashi IwanakaShigeru MarubashiMitsukazu GotohYasuyuki SetoYuko KitagawaHiroaki MiyataPublished in: Surgery today (2022)
Postoperative complications and their severity are strongly associated with increased hospital costs and health-care resource utilization. Implementing strategies to prevent postoperative complications will improve patients' clinical outcomes and reduce hospital care costs substantially.