Benchmarks in colorectal surgery: multinational study to define quality thresholds in high and low anterior resection.
Roxane D StaigerFabian RösslerMin Jung KimCarl James BrownLoris TrentiTakeshi SasakiDeniz UlukJuan P CampanaMassimo GiaccaBoris SchiltzRenu R BahadoerKai-Yin LeeBruna E C KupperKatherine Y HuFrancesco CorcioneSteven Ronald ParedesSebastiano SpampatiKristjan UkegjiniBartlomiej JedrzejczakDaniel LangerAine StakelumJi Won ParkP Terry PhangSebastiano BiondoMasaaki ItoFelix AignerCarlos A VaccaroYves PanisAlex KartheuserK C M J PeetersKer Kan TanSamuel AguiarKirk LudwigGiovanni MerolaChristopher J YoungAdam DzikiMiroslav RyskaDes C WinterJohn T JenkinsRobin H KennedyPierre-Alain ClavienMilo A PuhanMatthias TurinaPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2022)
Regular comparison of individual-surgeon or -unit outcome data against benchmark thresholds may identify gaps in care quality that can improve patient outcome.