Computerised audit for colorectal cancer.
An audit has been performed of cases of colorectal cancer presenting over an 8-year period. The results of 242 patients are discussed with emphasis placed on the process of surgical audit. In particular, the ease of data handling by a computer database system is stressed. The figures produced on age, sex, presentation, diagnosis, treatment and outcome have allowed a more detailed and fruitful discussion of our practice at the monthly audit meeting.
Mansfield General Hospital, Nottinghamshire.
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DR
Harriss
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JR
Blake
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003199:Computer Systems; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*