Thomas Steffen
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
60 Papers
129 Citations
Thomas Steffen is an academic researcher from Kantonsspital St. Gallen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 53 publications. Previous affiliations of Thomas Steffen include University of St. Gallen.
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Papers
Safe and early discharge after colorectal surgery due to C-reactive protein: a diagnostic meta-analysis of 1832 patients.
Rene Warschkow,Ulrich Beutner,Thomas Steffen,Sascha A. Müller,Bruno M. Schmied,Ulrich Guller,Ignazio Tarantino +6 more
TL;DR: This diagnostic meta-analysis of 1832 patients provides compelling evidence that C-reactive protein on postoperative day 4 has a high negative predictive value for infectious complications of 89%.
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Meta-analysis of the predictive value of C-reactive protein for infectious complications in abdominal surgery.
Michel Adamina,Thomas Steffen,Ignazio Tarantino,Ulrich Beutner,Bruno M. Schmied,Rene Warschkow,Rene Warschkow +6 more
TL;DR: The aim of this analysis was to assess the predictive value of C‐reactive protein (CRP) for the early detection of postoperative infectious complications after a variety of abdominal operations.
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Anastomotic leakage as a risk factor for the long-term outcome after curative resection of colon cancer.
TL;DR: Although anastomotic failure after colon cancer surgery is rare, it is a very severe complication that not only impairs the perioperative morbidity and mortality but also significantly influences the long-term outcome negatively.
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Risk Factors for Anastomotic Leakage after Rectal Cancer Resection and Reconstruction with Colorectostomy. A Retrospective Study with Bootstrap Analysis
Rene Warschkow,Thomas Steffen,Jutta Thierbach,Thomas Bruckner,Jochen Lange,Ignazio Tarantino +5 more
TL;DR: Applying statistical resampling methods identified intraoperative blood loss, blood substitution, vascular disease, and advanced UICC stage as risk factors for anastomotic leakage.
Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein and white blood cell counts in the early detection of inflammatory complications after open resection of colorectal cancer: a retrospective study of 1,187 patients
Rene Warschkow,Rene Warschkow,Ignazio Tarantino,Michael Torzewski,Franziska Näf,Jochen Lange,Thomas Steffen +6 more
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CRP and WBCs in predicting postoperative inflammatory complications after open resection of colorectal cancer.