CT prognostic signs of postoperative complications in emergency surgery for acute obstructive colonic cancer

ConclusionPostoperative complications in emergency surgery of AOCC were not related to the age, sex and tumor ’s location. Preoperative PCR values (≥ 2.17) predict the development of postoperative complications. CT resulted a valid diagnostic tool to identify patients at higher risk of complications: a CD/L1-VD ratios with cut-off values of 1.43 (transverse) and 1.31 (descending) predicted major com plications (grade ≥ III-V) and a cecum distension ≥ 9 cm represented the critical diameter beyond which perforation occurred in >  84% of patients.
Source: La Radiologia Medica - Category: Radiology Source Type: research