Abstract

Gastrointestinal surgeries involving bowel anastomosis is one of the commonly performed surgical procedure in both elective and emergency. Despite recent advances in Gastrointestinal surgery, anastomotic leakage and other complications of intestinal anastomosis are still commonly encountered in ward. A leaking anastomosis almost doubles the hospital stay (increased morbidity) and has been associated with significant mortality. Objective of this study is to predict the anastomotic leak in gastrointestinal surgeries using E-PASS scoring system. Evaluation of Physiological Ability and Surgical Stress (E-PASS) scoring system is designed by Haga et al mainly for predicting the post operative course in GI surgeries. Later E-PASS scoring system is also validated for its use in predicting anastomotic leak in gastro intestinal surgeries

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