Studi che confermano la relazione tra “volume” di chirurgia pancreatica e mortalità operatoria

1. Birkmeyer JD, Stukel TA, Siewers AE, Goodney PP, Wennberg DE, Lucas FL.
Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 27;349(22):2117-27.
2. van Heek NT, Kuhlmann KF, Scholten RJ, de Castro SM, Busch OR, van Gulik TM, Obertop H, Gouma DJ.
Hospital volume and mortality after pancreatic resection: a systematic review and an evaluation of intervention in the Netherlands.
Ann Surg. 2005 Dec;242(6):781-8, discussion 788-90.
3. Duffas JP, Suc B, Msika S, Fourtanier G, Muscari F, Hay JM, Fingerhut A, Millat
B, Radovanowic A, Fagniez PL; French Associations for Research in Surgery.
A controlled randomised multicenter trial of pancreatogastrostomy or pancreatojejunostomy after pancreatoduodenectomy.
Am J Surg. 2005 Jun;189(6):720-9.
4. Ho V, Heslin MJ.
Effect of hospital volume and experience on in-hospital mortality for pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Ann Surg. 2003 Apr;237(4):509-14.
5. Urbach DR, Baxter NN.
Does it matter what a hospital is "high volume" for? Specificity of hospital volume-outcome associations for surgical procedures: analysis of administrative data.
BMJ. 2004 Mar 27;328(7442):737-40. Epub 2004 Mar 12.
6. Kotwall CA, Maxwell JG, Brinker CC, Koch GG, Covington DL.
National estimates of mortality rates for radical pancreaticoduodenectomy in 25,000 patients.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2002 Nov;9(9):847-54.
7. Rosemurgy AS, Bloomston M, Serafini FM, Coon B, Murr MM, Carey LC.
Frequency with which surgeons undertake pancreaticoduodenectomy determines length of stay, hospital charges, and in-hospital mortality.
J Gastrointest Surg. 2001 Jan-Feb;5(1):21-6.
8. Gouma DJ, van Geenen RC, van Gulik TM, de Haan RJ, de Wit LT, Busch OR, Obertop H.
Rates of complications and death after pancreaticoduodenectomy: risk factors and the impact of hospital volume.
Ann Surg. 2000 Dec;232(6):786-95.
9. Birkmeyer JD, Finlayson SR, Tosteson AN, Sharp SM, Warshaw AL, Fisher ES.
Effect of hospital volume on in-hospital mortality with pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Surgery. 1999 Mar;125(3):250-6.
10. Gordon TA, Bowman HM, Tielsch JM, Bass EB, Burleyson GP, Cameron JL.
Statewide regionalization of pancreaticoduodenectomy and its effect on in-hospital mortality.
Ann Surg. 1998 Jul;228(1):71-8.
11. Balzano G, Zerbi A, Capretti G, Rocchetti S, Capitanio V, Di Carlo V.
Effect of hospital volume on outcome of pancreaticoduodenectomy in Italy.
Br J Surg. 2008;95(3):357-62.