PILLAR of Surgical Decision-Making? Perhaps Not Without More Evidence

Affiliations

¹ Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California.
² Surgical Oncology and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Deborah S Keller et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 1;64(8):921-922.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002098.

¹ Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California.
² Surgical Oncology and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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