Validation of COLA score for predicting wound infection in patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer.

CONCLUSION: COLA scoring systems predict, with reasonable accuracy, the risk of SSI in rectal cancer patients undergoing elective rectal surgery. KEY WORDS: COLA score Rectal surgery, Surgical site infection, Risk prediction, Wound infection. PMID: 29339586 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia - Category: Surgery Tags: Ann Ital Chir Source Type: research