Visick developed a grading system for describing functional outcome after peptic ulcer surgery. It can be used for evaluating outcome after other gastrointestinal surgeries.
Symptoms
Quality of Life
Treatment
Grade
asymptomatic
normal
none
I
mild
normal
none
II
moderate
relatively normal
medical treatment required
III
severe and incapacitating; symptoms equal or worse to those experienced before surgery
affected
may require additional surgical therapy
IV
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