Influence of Hospital Volume on Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay After Pancreatic Resection in Switzerland

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pancreatic Diseases

Treatments: Procedure: Total pancreatectomy; Procedure: Proximal pancreatectomy; Procedure: Distal pancreatectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07022639

Hospital volume PR

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 6,785 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients with pancreatic 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

6,785 participants in 3 patient groups

Total pancreatectomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Total pancreatectomy

Proximal pancreatectomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Proximal pancreatectomy

Distal pancreatectomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Distal pancreatectomy