The impact of comorbidities on post-operative complications following colorectal cancer surgery

David E. Flynn; Derek Mao; Stephanie T. Yerkovich; Robert Franz; Harish Iswariah; Andrew Hughes; Ian M. Shaw; Diana P. L. Tam; Manju D. Chandrasegaram

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243995

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The impact of comorbidities on post-operative complications following colorectal cancer surgery

David E. Flynn ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: deflynn75@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2150-3849

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Derek Mao,

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Stephanie T. Yerkovich,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation The Common Good Foundation, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Robert Franz,

Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Harish Iswariah,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Andrew Hughes,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Ian M. Shaw,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Diana P. L. Tam,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Manju D. Chandrasegaram

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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The impact of comorbidities on post-operative complications following colorectal cancer surgery

David E. Flynn,
Derek Mao,
Stephanie T. Yerkovich,
Robert Franz,
Harish Iswariah,
Andrew Hughes,
Ian M. Shaw,
Diana P. L. Tam,
Manju D. Chandrasegaram

Published: December 23, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243995

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