Background Mortality for liver resection has remarkably improved owing to multiple factors.
We sought to determine the impact of the various types of fellowship training on patient …

Background Higher hospital and surgeon volumes have been associated with improved
outcomes after hepatic resection. Subspecialty training has not previously been associated …

Background Positive volume–outcomes relationships have been demonstrated for hepatic
resection using arbitrary criteria to define high-volume centers. The safety of training …

Background The relationship between volume and outcome has been established in the
literature for several complex surgical procedures. Improved outcome has been suggested …

Background. Studies demonstrate an inverse relationship between institution/surgeon
procedural volumes and patient outcomes. Similar studies exist for liver resections, which …

As we know, training surgical fellows and sustaining the lowest complication rate, especially
in major abdominal surgeries, has always been a challenge for academic institutions and …

Background Higher hospital and surgeon volumes have been associated with improved
outcomes following hepatic resection; however, there appear to be additional factors that …

Introduction Major hepatectomies are utilized to manage primary hepatic malignancies.
Reports from high-volume centers (HVCs) with minimal perioperative mortality focus on …

Objective: To investigate the effect of subspecialty practice and experience on the
relationship between annual volume and inpatient mortality after hepatic resection …

Background Hepatic resection has become common in the United States for both primary
and secondary hepatic tumors. Hypothesis Variation in outcomes after hepatic resection is …