Failure to Rescue (FTR) and Pitfalls in the Management of Complex Enteric Fistulas (CEF): From Rescue Surgery to Rescue Strategy.
Stefano Piero Bernardo CioffiOsvaldo ChiaraLuca Del PreteAlessandro BonomiMichele AltomareAndrea SpotaRoberto BiniStefania CimbanassiPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
An integrated step-up rescue strategy is crucial to standardise the approach to CEF and go beyond the basic surgical rescue procedure. The definition of FTR is dependent from the examined population. CEF patients are a unique cluster of emergency general surgery patients who may need a tailored definition of FTR considering the burden of postoperative events influencing their outcome.