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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 84-B, Issue 5, 735-739.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.84B5.12626  
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An assessment of the POSSUM system in orthopaedic surgery

K. Mohamed, FRCS, Orthopaedic Registrar1; G. P. Copeland, MCh, Consultant General Surgeon1; D. A. Boot, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; H. C. Casserley, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; I. M. Shackleford, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; P. G. Sherry, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; and G. J. Stewart, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1

1 Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 1QG, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr G. P. Copeland.

We describe the development and validation of a scoring system for auditing orthopaedic surgery. It is a minor modification of the POSSUM scoring system widely used in general surgery. The orthopaedic POSSUM system which we have developed gives predictions for mortality and morbidity which correlate well with the observed rates in a sample of 2326 orthopaedic operations over a period of 12 months.




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