Relationship between postoperative temperature and survival in patients resected for colorectal cancer.
The present study suggests that the prognosis of patients undergoing resection for colorectal carcinoma might be improved if there is an increase in body temperature during the postoperative period.
D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden