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. 2023 Nov 1;278(5):647-654.
doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006077. Epub 2023 Aug 9.

Quality and Outcome Assessment for Surgery

Laurence Chiche  1 , Han-Kwang Yang  2 , Fariba Abbassi  3 , Ricardo Robles-Campos  4 , Steven C Stain  5 , Clifford Y Ko  6 , Leigh A Neumayer  7 , Timothy M Pawlik  8 , Jeffrey S Barkun  9 , Pierre-Alain Clavien  3
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Quality and Outcome Assessment for Surgery

Laurence Chiche et al. Ann Surg. .

Abstract

This forum summarizes the proceedings of the joint European Surgical Association (ESA)/American Surgical Association (ASA) symposium on Quality and Outcome Assessment for Surgery that took place in Bordeaux, France, as part of the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the ESA. Three presentations focused on a) the main messages from the Outcome4Medicine Consensus Conference, which took place in Zurich, Switzerland, in June 2022, b) the patient perspective, and c) benchmarking were hold by ESA members and discussed by ASA members in a symposium attended by members of both associations.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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