352 Chapter 15 TARGET POPULATION The data presented in this thesis are relevant for both doctors, researchers, healthcare insurance companies and patients to provide additional data on preventing leaks and current research into the prevention of metachronous PM after colorectal surgery. It also gives insights to society on what can nowadays be achieved with improving AL reporting, bowel perfusion assessment, incorporating patients’ perspectives and biomarker research. Most importantly, it should motivate clinicians to adequately report AL, assess bowel perfusion with innovative techniques, take patients’ experiences into account while diagnosis and treating AL, and acknowledge the ongoing debate of biomarkers research and the development of minimal-invasive preventive treatment options.
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