Elderly POSSUM, a dedicated score for prediction of mortality and morbidity after major colorectal surgery in older patients.

The article presents a study to determine the surgical morbidity and mortality rates from 2002-2004. One thousand one hundred eighty-six 18-65-year-old patients undergoing colorectal surgery were examined through their Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM), Surgical Risk Scale (SRS), and Association Française de Chirurgie (AFC) records. The study shows that morbidity and mortality rates are 41% and nine percent, respectively.