A new study has found that the frequency of post-operative complications following surgery for liver cancer is associated with a hospital having a low volume of liver surgery.
A new study has found that the frequency of post-operative complications following surgery for liver cancer is associated with a hospital having a low volume of liver surgery.
Investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are presenting that finding at the 63rd Annual Society of Surgical Oncology Symposium taking place this week in St. Louis. CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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What they found was that patients at low-volume hospitals experienced at least one of the analyzed postoperative complications more often than at high-volume facilities. Specifically, hemorrhagic, septic and lung complications were more likely to occur at low-volume institutions. However, overall, the rate of liver complications was lower at these facilities. When mortality was analyzed, it was found that patients who underwent liver cancer surgery at low-volume hospitals were 1.4 times as likely to die as patients who had the procedure at a high-volume institution.
Christopher J. Gannon, MD, surgical oncologist at CINJ and assistant professor of surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is the lead investigator. "This new data is significant in that it could be utilized in low-volume facilities to investigate systems problems once complications occur. This information also has benefit for high-volume hospitals, as it could also be used in centralizing liver cancer care," he noted.
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About The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (www.cinj.org) is the state''s first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center dedicated to improving the detection, treatment and care of patients with cancer, and serving as an education resource for cancer prevention. CINJ''s physician-scientists engage in translational research, transforming their laboratory discoveries into clinical practice, quite literally bringing research to life. To make a tax-deductible gift to support CINJ, call 732-235-8614 or visit www.cinjfoundation.org. CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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