Association Between Surgical Technical Skill and Long-term Survival for Colon Cancer

Brian C Brajcich; Jonah J Stulberg; Bryan E Palis; Jeanette W Chung; Reiping Huang; Heidi Nelson; Karl Y Bilimoria

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.5462

Association Between Surgical Technical Skill and Long-term Survival for Colon Cancer

JAMA Oncol. 2021 Jan 1;7(1):127-129. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.5462.

Authors

Brian C Brajcich^{1

2

3}, Jonah J Stulberg^{2

3}, Bryan E Palis¹, Jeanette W Chung^{2

3}, Reiping Huang^{2

3}, Heidi Nelson^{1

4}, Karl Y Bilimoria^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
² Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Institute for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Department of Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association between surgical technical skill and overall survival following colectomy for colon cancer.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence
Colonic Neoplasms* / surgery
Humans

Grants and funding

T32 CA247801/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States