Mortality rates after surgery in New South Wales

Survival, mortality and morbidity outcomes after oesophagogastric cancer surgery in New South Wales, 2001-2008.

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between hospital volume and patient outcomes for New South Wales hospitals performing oesophagectomy and gastrectomy for oesophagogastric cancer. DESIGN, SETTING AND PATIENTS A retrospective, population-based cohort study of NSW residents diagnosed with a new case of invasive oesophageal or gastric cancer who underwent oesophagectomy or gastrectomy betwe...

New South Wales.

New South Wales

New South Wales.

Termites in New South Wales

Termites are pallid, secretive creatures colloquially known as 'white ants'. Although termites and ants are very different types of insect, the confusion is understandable as they share some remarkable similarities. Both follow trails, live in nests or colonies in the ground, in timber and in trees and sometimes invade buildings. Nests are generally under the control of a single queen, and othe...