Good Medicine Does Not Compensate for Bad Surgery

Affiliations

¹ Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² Department of Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), RPA Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Rectal Cancer Unit, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.

Paolo Goffredo et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024.

. 2024 Apr 1;67(4):e250.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003220. Epub 2023 Dec 27.

¹ Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² Department of Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), RPA Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Rectal Cancer Unit, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.

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