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Should we continue oesophageal surgery in a district general hospital?

April 26, 2017biotechnology center Continue district hospital National oesophageal PubMed surgery

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Should we continue oesophageal surgery in a district general hospital?

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A series of 200 oesophageal resections is presented. The results show that acceptable standards are obtainable in a district general hospital (DGH) thus favouring the suggestion that such services could be organised by ‘networking’ rather than centralisation. This avoids the disadvantages to many DGH patients which follow centralisation.