The value of esophagectomy surgical apgar score (eSAS) in predicting the risk of major morbidity after open esophagectomy

• DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2016.06.28
• Publication Date: 2016-07-20T08:49:30Z
• Authors: Xue-Zhong Xing; Hai-Jun Wang; Shi-Ning Qu; Chu-Lin Huang; Hao Zhang; Hao Wang; Quan-Hui Yang; Yong Gao
• Keywords: Esophagectomy; Cut-off

Background: Recently, surgical apgar score (SAS) has been reported to be strongly associated with major morbidity after abdominal surgery. The aim of this study was assess the value esophagectomy SAS (eSAS) in predicting risk open a high volume cancer center.