Patient and disease factors predictive of adverse perioperative outcomes after nephrectomy.

Conclusions Adverse perioperative outcomes after nephrectomy are predicted by clinical presentation with haematuria, poor WHO-PS and higher TNM (tumour, lymph nodes, metastasis) stage. This study used surgeon collected data as opposed to an administrative database, which may have advantages in terms of accuracy and breadth of data fields. These data form a basis for preoperative patient counselling and informed consent for nephrectomy. They can also be used as a standard against which surgeons and hospitals can compare their own results. PMID: 27087323 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research