title: Variations in surgical practice: welcome diversity of disturbing differences.
abstract: The review examines the variations in surgical practice and assesses the value of surgical audit in quality control and allocation of surgical resources.
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011379:Prognosis; D011786:Quality Control; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom