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Hospital variation in sphincter-preservation rates in rectal cancer treatment: results of a population-based study in the Netherlands.

T KoëterLindsey C F de NesD K WasowiczD D E ZimmermanR H A VerhoevenM A ElferinkJ H W de Wilt
Published in: BJS open (2021)
This population-based study showed a significant hospital variation in sphincter-preservation rates in rectal surgery. The annual hospital volume, however, was not associated with sphincter-preservation rates in low, and high rectal cancer nor with other short-term outcomes.
Keyphrases
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