Statin therapy and postoperative short-term mortality after rectal cancer surgery.
Arvid PourlotfiRebecka AhlGabriel SjolinMaximilian Peter ForsstenGary Alan BassDhanisha Jayesh TrivediPeter MatthiessenShahin MohseniPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
Preoperative statin therapy displays a strong association with reduced postoperative mortality following surgical resection for rectal cancer. The results from the current study warrant further investigation to determine whether a causal relationship exists.