Hospital volume and hospital mortality for esophagectomy

Hospital mortality after esophagectomy has decreased from 29% to 7.5% over the last decades because of improved surgical techniques and better perioperative care. Suggestions have been made that a further decrease in hospital mortality may be achieved by centralization of esophagectomies in high volume centers.

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