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SUBMITTER: Lin CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352271 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Chao-Shun CS Chang Chuen-Chau CC Lee Yuan-Wen YW Liu Chih-Chung CC Yeh Chun-Chieh CC Chang Yi-Cheng YC Chuang Ming-Tsang MT Chang Tzu-Hao TH Chen Ta-Liang TL Liao Chien-Chang CC
Journal of clinical medicine 20190116 1
The impact of diabetes on perioperative outcomes remains incompletely understood. Our purpose is to evaluate post-operative complications and mortality in patients with diabetes. Using the institutional and clinical databases of three university hospitals from 2009⁻2015, we conducted a matched study of 16,539 diabetes patients, aged >20 years, who underwent major surgery. Using a propensity score matching procedure, 16,539 surgical patients without diabetes who underwent surgery were also select ...[more]