Preoperative platelet counts and postoperative outcomes in cancer surgery: a multicenter, retrospective cohort study

Platelets play roles in malignancy, wound healing, and immunity. Nevertheless, their significance in postoperative outcomes is not established. This is a retrospective cohort study of 100,795 patients undergoing cancer surgery in 2010 and 2014 in >500 hospitals. Patients were stratified into five...

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Main Authors: Saleh Rachidi, Hong Li, Kristin Wallace, Zihai Li, Charles Balch, Tim Lautenschlaeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Platelets
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2019.1573977