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ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2011

Preoperative risk evaluation of postoperative morbidity in IBD patients--impact of the POSSUM score.

Jan-Hendrik Egberts, Antje Stroeh, Ibrahim Alkatout, Freya A Goumas, Phillipp A Brand, Clemens Schafmayer, Thomas Becker, Bodo Schniewind

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Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  3. Patient optimization for surgery relating to Crohn's disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2016
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  5. Clinical outcome of IBD-associated versus sporadic colorectal cancer: a matched-pair analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2013
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Jan-Hendrik EgbertsDepartment of General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel Arnold-Heller-Str. 7, 24105 Kiel, Germany. jan-hendrik.egberts@uksh-kiel.de
Antje Stroeh
Ibrahim Alkatout
Freya A Goumas
Phillipp A Brand
Clemens Schafmayer
Thomas Becker
Bodo Schniewind

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backgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with special focus of the predictive value of the Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM) scoring system for preoperative risk adjustment of postoperative morbidity.

methodsThe operative notes and hospital files of 191 patients with IBD were analyzed. The POSSUM scoring system was used to predict morbidity rates after surgery. The physiological sub-score of the POSSUM score was analyzed with regard to its ability to predict postoperative complications.

resultsThe overall complication rate was 27.7%, and the mortality was 0.5%. The morbidity rate predicted by POSSUM was 28.4% and the mortality rate 7.2%. The mean POSSUM-phys sub-score in patients without the major complications (anastomotic leakages, peritonitis, bleeding) was significant lower compared to patients with at least one of these complications (14.7 vs. 18.6; p < 0.001). Regarding the major complications separately, there were significant differences in the POSSUM-phys scores in patients developing a sepsis (14.1 vs. 23.4; p < 0.001) and/or a peritonitis (14.8 vs. 19.2; p = 0.05), whereas patients developing an anastomotic leakage/suture dehiscence or a postoperative bleeding did not differ significantly.

conclusionPOSSUM was an accurate predictor of morbidity in IBD patients and overpredicted mortality. The POSSUM-phys score is a promising instrument for identifying patients at increased risk of developing major postoperative complications after surgery for IBD.

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Preoperative CareAdultFemaleGermanyHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesMaleMorbidityPostoperative ComplicationsRisk Assessment

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