C-reactive Protein and Procalcitonin Levels to Predict Anastomotic Leak After Colorectal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Davide BonaPiergiorgio DanelliAndrea SozziMarcello SanziLuigi CayreFrancesca LombardoGianluca BonittaMarta CavalliGiampiero CampanelliAlberto AiolfiPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)
In the setting of colorectal surgery, CRP and CPT serum concentrations lower than the derived cut-offs on POD3-POD5, may be useful to rule out AL thus possibly identifying patients at low risk for AL development.
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