Novel approach to defining major abdominal surgery

Alona Courtney^{1

2}, Yasmin Dorudi³, Jonathon Clymo⁴, Daria Cosentino⁵, Timothy Cross⁵, Suneetha Ramani Moonesinghe¹, Sina Dorudi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Targeted Intervention, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
² The Princess Grace Hospital, HCA Healthcare UK, London, UK.
³ University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
⁵ Clinical Operations Group, HCA Healthcare UK, London, UK.

Alona Courtney et al. Br J Surg. 2024.

. 2024 Jan 3;111(1):znad355.

doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad355.

Alona Courtney^{1

2}, Yasmin Dorudi³, Jonathon Clymo⁴, Daria Cosentino⁵, Timothy Cross⁵, Suneetha Ramani Moonesinghe¹, Sina Dorudi^{1

2}

¹ Department of Targeted Intervention, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
² The Princess Grace Hospital, HCA Healthcare UK, London, UK.
³ University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
⁵ Clinical Operations Group, HCA Healthcare UK, London, UK.

No abstract available

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