Postoperative complications represent a major public health burden worldwide. Without
standardized, clinically relevant and universally applied endpoints, the evaluation of surgical …

Objective: To use the concept of benchmarking to establish robust and standardized
outcome references after pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD). Background: Best achievable …

Objective: The REDISCOVER consensus conference aimed at developing and validating
guidelines on the perioperative care of patients with borderline-resectable (BR-) and locally …

Objective: The aim of this study was to define robust benchmark values for the surgical
treatment of perihilar cholangiocarcinomas (PHC) to enable unbiased comparisons …

Background & Aims The concept of benchmarking is established in the field of transplant
surgery; however, benchmark values for donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver …

Methods: This study analyzed outcomes from international expert centers from patients
undergoing robotic DP for malignant or benign lesions. After excluding the first 10 cases in …

Objective: To define “best possible” outcomes for bariatric surgery (BS)(Roux-en-Y gastric
bypass [RYGB] and sleeve gastrectomy [SG]). Background: Reference values for optimal …

Defining Global Benchmarks for Laparoscopic Liver Resections... : Annals of Surgery Defining
Global Benchmarks for Laparoscopic Liver Resections: An International Multicenter Study …

Objective: To define a standardized methodology for establishing benchmarks for relevant
outcomes in surgery. Summary Background Data: Benchmarking is an established tool to …

Purpose The present study conceptualizes total quality management (TQM) in terms of soft
and hard aspects and examines their effects on quality performance and patient satisfaction …