The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , July 2009

Mortality rate prediction by Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM), Portsmouth POSSUM and Colorectal POSSUM and the development of new scoring systems in Chinese colorectal cancer patients

  • Lihuan Ren, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Peking University, Third Hospital, 49# Hua Yuan North Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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  • Amit Mani Upadhyay, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Peking University, Third Hospital, 49# Hua Yuan North Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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  • Liang Wang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Peking University, Third Hospital, 49# Hua Yuan North Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
    • ,
  • Lei Li, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Peking University, Third Hospital, 49# Hua Yuan North Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
    • ,
  • Jingqiao Lu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiological Research, Peking University, Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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  • Wei Fu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Peking University, Third Hospital, 49# Hua Yuan North Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +86-10-62010334; fax: +86-10-62010334

Received 16 March 2008 ,Revised 24 June 2008

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PII: S0002-9610(08)00780-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.06.044

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , July 2009

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