Nomogram for predicting prolonged postoperative ileus after laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer

Fangliang Guo, Zhiwei Sun, Zongheng Wang, Jianfeng Gao, Jiahao Pan, Qianshi Zhang, Shuangyi Ren · 2023

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Fangliang Guo and six co-authors build a prediction tool for a bowel complication after rectal surgery in this two thousand twenty-three paper. After bowel surgery, the gut sometimes stays stalled for a long time, a problem called prolonged postoperative ileus. It adds pain, longer stays, and cost. No tool existed to flag risk for patients having a specific keyhole operation for rectal cancer. The team set out to make one.

They reviewed five hundred forty-eight patients treated at one center over four years. Statistical screening picked the factors that best predict a stalled gut. These factors were drawn into a nomogram, a chart that turns patient traits into a risk score. Internal checks supported the chart's accuracy. Surgeons can use it to plan care and warn high-risk patients early.

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CREATORFangliang Guo, Zhiwei Sun, Zongheng Wang, Jianfeng Gao, Jiahao Pan, Qianshi Zhang, Shuangyi Ren
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE31 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10712154

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