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Use of the Portsmouth Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity ('P-POSSUM') to predict morbidity in patients undergoing surgery with reconstruction for temporal bone malignancy.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Laryngology & Otology. Dec2022, Vol. 136 Issue 12, p1271-1274. 4p.
Subject
*RESEARCH methodology evaluation
*RESEARCH methodology
*PLASTIC surgery
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*DISEASES
*BONE tumors
*RISK assessment
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
TEMPORAL bone surgery
Language
ISSN
0022-2151
Abstract
Objective: The Portsmouth Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity ('P-POSSUM') is a two-part scoring system that includes a physiological assessment and a measure of operative severity. This study sought to determine whether risk estimates for this scoring system could be used in major head and neck reconstructive surgery. Method: A retrospective review was performed of patients undergoing resection for a temporal bone malignancy in a single head and neck centre in Dublin, Ireland, from 2002 to 2021. Results: The mean ± standard deviation morbidity estimate calculated using the scoring system was 47.6 per cent ± 19.5 per cent. The actual rate of complications was 47 per cent. The optimal cut-off for the scoring system was calculated using the Youden index from the receiver operating characteristic curve, which was 40.5 per cent in this case. Conclusion: The study indicates that the Portsmouth Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity is a useful tool for predicting morbidity risk in patients undergoing head and neck resection with reconstruction for temporal bone malignancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]