Surgeon-, pathologist-, and hospital-level variation in suboptimal lymph node examination after colectomy: Compartmentalizing quality improvement strategies
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Hospital lymph node examination rates and survival after resection for colon cancer.
CONTEXT Several studies suggest improved survival among patients in whom a higher number of nodes are examined after colectomy for colon cancer. The National Quality Forum and other organizations recently endorsed a 12-node minimum as a measure of hospital quality. OBJECTIVE To assess whether hospitals that examine more lymph nodes after resection for colon cancer have superior late survival ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0039-6060
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.11.029