With widespread adoption of MIS colectomy for colon cancer, does hospital type matter?
Kyle FreischlagM AdamM TurnerJ WatsonB EzekianP M SchroderC MantyhJ MigalyPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2018)
Despite widespread use of laparoscopic oncologic surgery, short- and long-term outcomes from MIS for segmental colectomy are superior at academic hospitals. This difference may be due to superior perioperative oncologic technique and surgical outcomes at academic hospitals. Our data provide important information for patients, referring physicians, and surgeons about the significance of hospital type in management of colon cancer.
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- healthcare
- robot assisted
- end stage renal disease
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- ejection fraction
- primary care
- electronic health record
- newly diagnosed
- rectal cancer
- chronic kidney disease
- radical prostatectomy
- prostate cancer
- patients undergoing
- quality improvement
- adverse drug
- emergency department
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery disease
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- surgical site infection