Patients with poor functional walking capacity experience significantly more medical complications post-colorectal surgery than those with higher functional walking capacity

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: franco.carli@mcgill.ca.

Comment

Chelsia Gillis et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;47(5):1230-1231.

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.02.023. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

¹ Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: franco.carli@mcgill.ca.

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