CellWell record HH-286795
Preoperative hypokalemia can increase complications after colorectal cancer surgery: a propensity score matching analysis
Bin Zhang; Xiao-Yu Liu; Bing Kang; Chao Yuan; Zi-Wei Li; Zheng-Qiang Wei; Dong Peng
2022
In plain language
In 6,183 patients having colorectal cancer surgery, preoperative hypokalemia was associated with longer hospital stay, more overall complications and more postoperative pneumonia after propensity matching, and was an independent risk factor for complications.
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