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Background Postoperative morbidity after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is still frequent. Tools for prediction of postoperative complications have been sought, with the estimation of physiologic ability and surgical stress (E-PASS) scoring system being one of the candidates. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of the E-PASS system for risk assessment of esophagectomy. Methods...
Background Mortality rates after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) are below 4% in high volume centers, although morbidity rates still remain high. Therefore, it is important to clarify a predictor associated with operative morbidity after PD. The estimation of physiologic ability and surgical stress (E-PASS) score has been developed for comparative audit in general surgical patients. Objective To evaluate...
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