Are safety of elective colorectal cancer surgery : non-surgical complications and colectomies targets for quality improvement?
Severe complication rates were lower in CC patients than in RC patients; however, the risk of dying following a severe complication was twice as high in CC patients, regardless of differences in characteristics between the groups. Efforts should be made to improve recognition and management of postoperative (non-)surgical complications, especially in colon cancer surgery.
The 11-item IPSO is a valuable psoriasis-specific HRQOL instrument in different populations.