Impact of adrenal surgeon volume on outcome: analysis of 4464 operations from the United Kingdom Registry of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery (UKRETS).

Sendhil RajanNeil PatelMichael StechmanSabapathy P Balasubramanian Radu Mihai Sebastian Aspinall

Published in: The British journal of surgery (2024)

Increasing surgical volume is associated with shorter hospital stay and fewer complications. This analysis supports the case for centralization of surgery for adrenal cancer and bilateral tumours to higher-volume surgeons performing a minimum of 12 operations per year.

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