## Background: The physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity (possum) and portsmouth possum (p-possum) equations were derived from a heterogeneous general surgical population and have been used successfully as audit tools to provide risk-adjusted oper
Development of a dedicated risk-adjustment scoring system for colorectal surgery (colorectal POSSUM)
β Scribed by P. P. Tekkis; D. R. Prytherch; H. M. Kocher; A. Senapati; J. D. Poloniecki; J. D. Stamatakis; A. C. J. Windsor
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.4430
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