A nationwide certification system to increase the safety of highly advanced hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery.
Takehito OtsuboShinjiro KobayashiKeiji SanoTakeyuki MisawaSatoshi KatagiriHisashi NakayamaShuji SuzukiManabu WatanabeShunichi AriizumiMichiaki UnnoMinoru TanabeHiroaki NaganoNorihiro KokudoSatoshi HiranoMasafumi NakamuraKen ShirabeYasuyuki SuzukiMasahiro YoshidaYasutsugu TakadaToshio NakagohriAkihiko HoriguchiHideki OhdanSusumu EguchiMasayuki OhtsukaMasayuki ShoToshiki RikiyamaEtsuro HatanoAkinobu TaketomiTsutomu FujiiHiroki YamaueMasaru MiyazakiMasakazu YamamotoTadahiro TakadaItraru EndoPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2022)
Development of a system for designation of board-certified expert surgeons and safety management improved the mortality rate associated with highly advanced HBPS.