CR-POSSUM is one of the most used surgical scores to predict mortality after colorectal surgery. Its main drawback is the requirement of intraoperative variables, whose collection is time-consuming and prevents from obtaining a purely preoperative risk assessment. The primary aim of the study is to develop a new surgical score using preoperative parameters to predict 30-day mortality after colon cancer surgery in the elderly population. The secondary objective is to analyze its efficacy compared to CR-POSSUM.
Patients aged 80 and older undergoing surgery for colon cancer from 2011 to 2017 in an Italian hospital were retrospectively selected. MECC score \[Mortality in Elderly patients with Colon Cancer\] was calculated summing up the scores relating to: arterial saturation of O2, Systolic Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, WBCs, Albumin, Creatinine. Once CR-POSSUM was calculated, the two scores were compared.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
385
Right, left colon surgery, transverse colon surgery, multiple colon surgery in open and minimally invasive surgert
Bruno Nardo
Bologna, Italy
Marialuisa Lugaresi
Bologna, Italy
New surgical score using preoperative parameters to predict 30-day mortality after colon cancer surgery in the elderly population
MEC Score (arterial saturation of O2, Systolic Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, WBCs, Albumin, Creatinine) for the evaluation of the risk of in-hospital mortality occurred during hospitalization up to 30 days
Time frame: Up to 30 days after surgery
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