Surgical specialty, surgical unit volume and mortality after oesophageal cancer surgery.
BACKGROUND: Mortality after oesophagectomy is lower in high-volume than in low-volume surgical units. Case series from cardiothoracic surgeons report lower mortality rates than those from general surgeons. We therefore used a national data set to investigate the effects of surgical specialty and vo...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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