Annals of surgery
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Ann. Surg.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Discrepancy in Reporting of Perioperative Complications: A Retrospective Observational Study.
To assess the discrepancy between perioperative complications, prospectively recorded during a cohort study versus retrospectively from health records. ⋯ There is a noticeable discrepancy in the number and severity of reported perioperative complications between these 2 data collection methods. On the basis of the double-blinded assessment of 2 independent raters, our study renders prospective underreporting more likely than retrospective overreporting.
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