Leakage after Surgery for Rectum Cancer: Inconsistency in Reporting to the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group

Table 2

Questions about postoperatively used routine measurements or algorithms.

		Yes		No
			%		%
14	Do you postoperative on routine and daily basis measure C-reactive protein [CRP)?	10	77	3	23
15	Do you postoperative on routine- and daily basis measure other biomarkers such as D-dimer, procalcitonin, cytokines or others?	1	8	12	92	The one yes responder measured cytokines as part of a project.
16	Do you postoperative on routine basis use clinical scoring systems or algorithms?	4	31	9	69	If yes the responder was asked to answer question 17
17	Kindly describe the clinical scoring systems or algorithms you use					Four of the responders described their clinical scoring systems or algorithms. They were based on “early warning system” EWS
18	Do you always use the same diagnostics methods in the same order when you have a suspicion of AL?	9	69	4	31	If yes the responder was asked to answer question 19 and If no the responder was asked to answer question 21
19	Kindly describe the diagnostics methods in the same order?	The answer is shown in Box 1
20	Kindly describe the diagnostics methods in different order?					The 4 responders answered that they on suspicion of AL used different diagnostics methods in different order. Three of the four responders described that the choice of method and order depended on the patients clinical condition and the surgical approach (open versus laparoscopic).