Real cost of surgery: what are we missing?

Norma B Bulamu^{1

2}, David I Watson^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
² Flinders University Discipline of Surgery, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.

Editorial

Norma B Bulamu et al. ANZ J Surg. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;92(12):3126-3127.

doi: 10.1111/ans.18160.

Norma B Bulamu^{1

2}, David I Watson^{1

2}

¹ Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
² Flinders University Discipline of Surgery, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.

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Economic burden of complications and readmission following oesophageal cancer surgery.
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