Establishing an open and robotic pancreatic surgery program in a level 1 trauma center community teaching hospital and comparing its outcomes to high-volume academic center outcomes: a retrospective review.

Journal: BMC surgery
PMID: 36474230

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The debate of whether to centralize hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery has been ongoing. The principal objective was to compare outcomes of a community pancreatic surgical program with those of high-volume academic centers.

Authors

  • Jane S Han
    Department of Surgery, Bon Secours Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH, 44504, USA.
  • C Michael Dunham
    Department of Surgery, Bon Secours Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH, 44504, USA.
  • Charles E Renner
    Department of Surgery, Bon Secours Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH, 44504, USA.
  • Steven A Neubauer
    Department of Surgery, Bon Secours Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH, 44504, USA.
  • F Nikki McCarron
    Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
  • Thomas J Chirichella
    Department of Surgery, Bon Secours Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH, 44504, USA. tjchirichella@mercy.com.

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