Days of the week and 90-day mortality after esophagectomy: analysis of 33,980 patients from the National Clinical Database.
Hiromichi MaedaHideki EndoNao IchiharaHiroaki MiyataHiroshi HasegawaKinji KamiyaYoshihiro KakejiKazuhiro YoshidaYasuyuki SetoHiroki YamaueMasakazu YamamotoYuko KitagawaSunao UemuraKazuhiro HanazakiPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2024)
The results imply that the variation in 90-day mortality rates after esophagectomy on different days of the week may be attributed to differing preoperative risk factors of the patient group rather than the disparity in medical care provided.