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

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

Brian C Brajcich  1   2   3 , Jonah J Stulberg  2   3 , Bryan E Palis  1 , Jeanette W Chung  2   3 , Reiping Huang  2   3 , Heidi Nelson  1   4 , Karl Y Bilimoria  1   2   3
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Association Between Surgical Technical Skill and Long-term Survival for Colon Cancer

Brian C Brajcich et al. JAMA Oncol. .

Abstract

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

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Brajcich reported stock ownership in Nanostring Technologies, Inc. outside the submitted work. Dr Stulberg reported grants from Pacira Pharmaceuticals and the Intuitive Foundation and personal fees from Intuitive Surgical outside the submitted work. Dr Nelson reported consulting fees from Gentex from January 2020 to March 2020. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Patient Overall Survival After Surgery by Surgeon Skill
On pairwise comparison of survival using the log-rank test with Šidák correction for multiple comparisons. aLog-rank test for overall comparison high vs low skill, P > .99 for middle vs low skill, and P = .04 for high vs middle skill.
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