Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies.

Patient Saf Surg · 2010 · PMC2852382 · PMID 20338045

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In a Swiss study of 915 patients with 376 rectal and 539 colonic primaries both the surgeon's and hospital's annual caseloads were independent, beneficial prognostic factors for overall survival (P = .0003, P = .044), disease free survival (P = .0008, P = .020), and marginally significant factors for local recurrence (P = .057, P = .055) [ 51 ].

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In a recently published analysis the advantages of early enteral feeding were not significant but showed a trend towards fewer postoperative complications [ 95 ].

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