Patient selection and the volume effect in pancreatic surgery: unequal benefits?

Lindsay A. Bliss,Catherine J. Yang,Zeling Chau,Sing-Chau Ng,David W. McFadden,Tara S. Kent,A. James Moser,Mark P. Callery,Jennifer F. Tseng

Patient selection and the volume effect in pancreatic surgery: unequal benefits?

2014

Lindsay A. Bliss
Catherine J. Yang
Zeling Chau
Sing-Chau Ng
David W. McFadden
Tara S. Kent
A. James Moser
Mark P. Callery
Jennifer F. Tseng

Background The volume effect in pancreatic surgery is well established. Regionalization to high-volume centres has been proposed. The effect of this proposal on practice patterns is unknown.

Keywords:

General surgery
Multivariate analysis
Surgery
Comorbidity
Pancreatectomy
Odds ratio
Elective Surgical Procedure
Medicine
Risk assessment
Retrospective cohort study
Intensive care medicine
pancreatic surgery
practice patterns
volume effect
treatment outcome

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