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Review
. 2016 Sep;29(3):246-52.
doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1584501.

Postoperative Complications: Looking Forward to a Safer Future

Sarah E Tevis  1 , Gregory D Kennedy  2
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Review

Postoperative Complications: Looking Forward to a Safer Future

Sarah E Tevis et al. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Colorectal surgery patients frequently suffer from postoperative complications. Patients with complications have been shown to be at higher risk for mortality, poor oncologic outcomes, additional complications, and worse quality of life. Complications are increasingly recognized as markers of quality of care with more use of risk-adjusted national surgical databases and increasing transparency in health care. Quality improvement work in colorectal surgery has identified methods to decrease complication rates and improve outcomes in this patient population. Future work will continue to identify best practices and standardized ways to measure quality of care.

Keywords: postoperative complications; prehabilitation; surgical quality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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