2004
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-004-0021-7
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Is oncologic surgery in a low-volume district general hospital justified? A critical 24-year audit

Abstract: Darf onkologische Chirurgie an regionalen Standardkrankenhäusern vorgenommen werden? Eine kritische 24-Jahres-Bilanz Zusammenfassung. Grundlagen: Eine aktuelle Diskussion thematisiert die Zentralisation onkologischer Chirurgie sowie die Auswirkungen chirurgischer und institutioneller Fallzahlen auf die Ergebnisse, -wobei onkologische Eingriffe an Standardkrankenhäusern mit geringer Fallzahl infragegestellt werden. Methodik: Die Daten von 543 operierten onkologischen Patienten des Zeitraumes 03/78 bis 12/2001 w… Show more

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“…Singh showed similar results for colorectal carcinoma and Paisley for esophagus carcinoma [10,12]. Although the rate of surgical complications is low, mortality from general complications is high [9]. Although the rate of surgical complications is low, mortality from general complications is high [9].…”
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“…Singh showed similar results for colorectal carcinoma and Paisley for esophagus carcinoma [10,12]. Although the rate of surgical complications is low, mortality from general complications is high [9]. Although the rate of surgical complications is low, mortality from general complications is high [9].…”
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“…In their retrospective study, the authors report on surgical and general complications, local recurrences and survival rates of 543 oncological patients operated within a 24-year period of professional life [9]. The variety of oncological entities ranging from gastrointestinal tumors, lung cancer and its metastases, thyroid and renal cancer, breast cancer and malignant melanoma to malignant soft-tissue tumors reflects the situation in a small, standard hospital that, for economic reasons, is obliged to cover a wide area of oncological surgery but with limited infrastructure and without the possibility of specialization.…”
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