Open AccessAssociation between Surgical Patient Selection and Hospital Variation in Failure to Cure in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Daan M. Voeten,
Pauline A. J. Vissers,
Rob H.A. Verhoeven,
Richard van Hillegersberg,
Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
digestive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1421-9883
pISSN - 0253-4886
DOI - 10.1159/000524999
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , cancer surgery , esophageal cancer , cancer
Failure to cure describes: (1) nonresectional ("open-close") surgery, (2) non-radical surgery (R1-R2), and/or (3) postoperative mortality. This study aimed to investigate whether hospitals offering surgery to a large proportion of patients have higher failure-to-cure rates than hospitals operating fewer patients.