Prediction Model of Anastomotic Leakage Among Esophageal Cancer Patients After Receiving an Esophagectomy: Machine Learning Approach

BackgroundAnastomotic leakage (AL) is one of the severe postoperative adverse events (5%-30%), and it is related to increased medical costs in cancer patients who undergo esophagectomies. Machine learning (ML) methods show good performance at predicting risk for AL. However,...

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Main Authors: Ziran Zhao, Xi Cheng, Xiao Sun, Shanrui Ma, Hao Feng, Liang Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2021-07-01
Series:JMIR Medical Informatics
Online Access:https://medinform.jmir.org/2021/7/e27110