Perioperative outcome of colorectal cancer and validation of CR-POSSUM in a Caribbean country.

Objective: To evaluate the risk-adjusted perioperative outcome of colorectal cancer surgery, applying the Colorectal Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Mortality and morbidity (CR-POSSUM).

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients who underwent colorectal cancer surgery from 2004 to 2007 was done. Data including demographics and physiological data for CR-POSSUM were recorded.