Is patient factor more important than surgeon-related factor in sepsis prevention in colorectal surgery?

The most important prognostic factors in emergency colorectal surgery are the preoperative status, age and faecal peritonitis. Thus, peritoneal sepsis is seldom the sole cause of death, but compounds coincidental cardiovascular, respiratory or renal pathology. The empiric choice of the surgical technique/procedure is predominantly determined by the patient status and the disease. The patient factor is thus more important than the surgeon factor in the prognosis of sepsis in emergency colorectal surgery but surgeon-related factors can influence the morbidity and mortality from sepsis in both elective and emergency colorectal surgery.