Effects of surgical specialization and surgeon resection volume on postoperative complications and mortality rate after emergent colon cancer resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of surgical specialization and surgeon resection volume on short-term outcome after emergent colon cancer resections.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent resections for colon cancer between 2011 and 2020 at Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden was performed. The senior surgeon participating in each procedure was classified as a colorectal surgeon or a non-colorectal surgeon. Non-colorectal surgeons were further divided into acute care surgeons or surgeons with other specialties. Surgeons were also divided into three groups based on median yearly resection volumes. Postoperative complications and 30- or 90-day mortality rate after emergent colon cancer resections were compared in patients operated

SUBMITTER: Engdahl J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167707 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature