Annual Hospital Volume and and Short-term Postoperative Outcomes After Gastric Cancer Resection

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastric Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Gastric cancer resection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07072429

Hospital volume GCR

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of centralisation measures on the operative outcomes after gastric cancer resection in Switzerland has not been highlighted yet. This study aims to investigate the influence of the annual hospital specific case load of gastric cancer resection on short-term postoperative outcomes.

Enrollment: 3,112 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients with gastric cancer resection in Switzerland between 2013 and 2022.

Exclusion criteria

• incomplete case documentation
• age under 20 years
• other hospitals than general or surgical hospitals
• no index operation

Trial design

3,112 participants in 1 patient group

Gastric cancer resection

Treatment:

Procedure: Gastric cancer resection