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01-06-2016 | Editorial

Surgery in Italy. Criteria to identify the hospital units and the tertiary referral centers entitled to perform it

A proposal for esophageal, hepatic, pancreatic and colo-rectal surgery

Author: Claudio Bassi

Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 2/2016

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Just by looking at the first 5 months of the year 2016 through a PubMed search for the keywords “Centralization” and “Surgery”, we can find 17 brand new papers dealing with this issue. Of note, 10 out of 17 are strictly focused to HPB, upper and lower GI tract surgery [1‐10]: we are clearly dealing with a “burning topic”! …

Seppänen H, Juuti A, Mustonen H et al (2016) The results of pancreatic resections and long-term survival for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a single-institution experience. Scand J Surg 29:1457496916645963

Xynos E, Tekkis P, Gouvas N et al (2016) Clinical practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of rectal cancer: a consensus statement of the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncologists (HeSMO). Ann Gastroenterol 29:103–126PubMedPubMedCentral

Miura F, Yamamoto M, Gotoh M et al (2016) Validation of the board certification system for expert surgeons (hepato-biliary-pancreatic field) using the data of the National Clinical Database of Japan: part 2—Pancreatoduodenectomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. doi:10.1002/jhbp.348

Miura F, Yamamoto M, Gotoh M et al (2016) Validation of the board certification system for expert surgeons (hepato-biliary-pancreatic field) using the data of the National Clinical Database for Japan: part 1—Hepatectomy of more than one segment. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. doi:10.1002/jhbp.344

Keong B, Cade R, Mackay S (2016) Post-oesophagectomy mortality: the centralization debate revisited. ANZ J Surg 86:116–117CrossRefPubMed

Lotti M, Capponi MG, Campanati L et al (2016) Laparoscopic right colectomy: miles away or just around the corner? J Minim Access Surg 12:41–46CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Tóth D, Plósz J, Török M (2016) Clinical significance of lymphadenectomy in patients with gastric cancer. World J Gastrointest Oncol 15(8):136–146CrossRef

O’Mahoney PR, Yeo HL, Sedrakyan A et al (2016) Centralization of pancreatoduodenectomy a decade later: impact of the volume-outcome relationship. Surgery 159:1528–1538CrossRefPubMed

Van der Geest LG, Besselink MG, Busch OR (2016) Elderly patients strongly benefit from centralization of pancreatic cancer surgery: a population-based study. Ann Surg Oncol 23:2002–2009CrossRefPubMed

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Prades J, Manchon-Walsh P, Solà J et al (2016) Improving clinical outcomes through centralization of rectal cancer surgery and clinical audit: a mixed-methods assessment. Eur J Public Health 6:237CrossRef

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Fumagalli U, Bersani M, Russo A et al (2013) Volume and outcome after esophageal cancer surgery: the experience of the Region of Lombardy—Italy. Updates Surg 65:271–275CrossRefPubMed

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Costamagna D, Bobbio M, Pinna Pintor P (2008) Il numero delle procedure chirurgiche come indicatore di qualità degli ospedali e dei chirurghi. Epidemiol Prev 32(1):61–64PubMed

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Lenzi J, Lombardi R, Gori D, Zanini N et al. (2013) Impact of procedure volumes and focused practice on short-term outcomes of elective and urgent colon cancer resection in Italy. PLoS One 8(5):e64245. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064245 CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

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Viganò L, Langella S, Ferrero A et al (2013) Colorectal cancer with synchronous resectable liver metastases: monocentric management in a hepatobiliary referral center improves survival outcomes. Ann Surg Oncol 20:938–945CrossRefPubMed

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Ravaioli M, Pinna AD, Francioni G et al (2014) A partnership model between high- and low-volume hospitals to improve results in hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery. Ann Surg 260:871–875CrossRefPubMed

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Balzano G, Capretti G, Callea G et al (2016) Overuse of surgery in patients with pancreatic cancer. A nationwide analysis in Italy. HPB 18:470–478CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Title: Surgery in Italy. Criteria to identify the hospital units and the tertiary referral centers entitled to perform it
A proposal for esophageal, hepatic, pancreatic and colo-rectal surgery
Author: Claudio Bassi
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Updates in Surgery / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 2038-131X
Electronic ISSN: 2038-3312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-016-0378-8

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