Effect of surgeon specialty interest on patient outcome after potentially curative colorectal cancer surgery
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 43 (4), 492-498
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02237192
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:There are significant differences in patient outcome after potentially curative surgery for colorectal cancer that relate to the surgeon performing the procedure. The reasons for these differences remain obscure. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the surgeon's specKeywords
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