The relationship between hospital volume and post-operative mortality rates for upper gastrointestinal cancer resections: Scotland 1982-2003

R.J.E. Skipworth , R.W. Parks , N.A. Stephens , C. Graham , D.H. Brewster , O.J. Garden , S. Paterson-Brown

Centralisation of surgical treatment of cancer has resulted in improved outcomes. We aimed to determine evidence of benefit for specialised management of upper gastrointestinal cancer in high-volume centres in Scotland.

Mots clés: Surgery; oesophageal cancer; gastric cancer; pancreatic cancer; hepatocellular cancer; mortality

R.J.E. Skipworth, R.W. Parks, N.A. Stephens, C. Graham, D.H. Brewster, et al.. The relationship between hospital volume and post-operative mortality rates for upper gastrointestinal cancer resections: Scotland 1982-2003. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010, 36 (2), pp.141. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2009.10.004⟩. ⟨hal-00557771⟩