POSSUM: a scoring system for surgical audit.

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Published in Br J Surg on March 01, 1991

Authors

G P Copeland1, D Jones, M Walters

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

The Effects of Anesthesia Type on the Prognosis of Hip Fracture Surgery on Elderly Patients | NCT03116490

Evaluation of the ACS-NSQIP Risk Calculator for Emergent Surgery in a Spanish Population | NCT04211532

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