Effect of hospital and surgeon volume on postoperative outcomes after distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer based on data from 145,523 Japanese patients collected from a nationwide web-based data entry system.

Masaaki IwatsukiHiroyuki YamamotoHiroaki MiyataYoshihiro KakejiKazuhiro YoshidaHiroyuki KonnoYasuyuki SetoHideo Baba

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2018)

We demonstrate that hospital volume can have a crucial impact on postoperative mortality after distal gastrectomy compared with surgeon volume in a nationwide population study. These findings suggest that centralization may improve outcomes after distal gastrectomy.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
patients undergoing
electronic health record
healthcare
robot assisted
big data
acute care