Volume-outcome relationship in rectal cancer surgery: A new perspective
Surgery TodayPublished 28 July 2009
Japan Surgical Society, Hideo Yasunaga, Yutaka Matsuyama, Kazuhiko Ohe
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The present study did not find any significant relationship between the volume and postoperative complications, and these results do not support the effectiveness of regionalizing rectal cancer surgery to high-volume centers, at least in the Japanese clinical setting.
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The present study did not find any significant relationship between the volume and postoperative complications. These results do not support the effectiveness of regionalizing rectal cancer surgery to high-volume centers, at least in the Japanese clinical setting.
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