Optimal Predictors of Postoperative Complications After Gastrectomy: Results from the Procalcitonin and C-reactive Protein for the Early Diagnosis of Anastomotic Leakage in Esophagogastric Surgery (PEDALES) Study.

Ferdinando Carlo Maria CananziAlberto BiondiAnnamaria AgnesLaura RuspiFederico SicoliStefano De PascaleUberto Romario FumagalliDomenico D'UgoVittorio QuagliuoloRoberto Persianinull null

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)

PCT was not superior to CRP as an early predictor of AL and major infective complications after gastrectomy. CRP should be used as the reference screening postoperative marker.

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