Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between hospital volume
and outcome after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Summary Background Data: Previous …

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for pancreatic adenocarcinoma has found new avenues for
performing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) procedures, a historically technically …

Importance Intraoperative anesthesiology care is crucial to high-quality surgical care. The
clinical expertise and experience of anesthesiologists may decrease the risk of adverse …

Objective: Measure the caseload of pancreatectomies that influences their short-term
outcome, at a national level, and assess the applicability of a centralization policy …

Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) requires complex multidisciplinary
care. European evidence suggests potential benefit from regionalization, however, data …

Background Fragmented cancer care (FC), or care received from multiple institutions,
increases systemic health care costs and potentiates cancer care disparities. There is a …

Purpose Regionalization of complex surgery to high-volume hospitals has been advocated
based on cross-sectional volume-outcome studies. In April 2007, the agency overseeing …

Objective: To assess the impact of a granular measure of SED on pancreatic surgical and
cancer-related outcomes at a high-volume cancer center that employs a standardized clinic …

Background Pancreatic cancer is a disease of the elderly. Surgical resection is usually
offered to patients in early stage disease; however, pancreatic resection in the elderly is …

Background Centralization of complex surgical care has led patients to travel longer
distances. Emerging evidence suggested a negative association between increased travel …