Methodology for scientific evaluation of palliative surgery.
Measuring the success of surgical palliation is not straightforward.To measure the benefits as well as limitations of surgical palliation,surgeons need outcome assessments other than the existing traditional measures of 30-day surgical morbidity and mortality and 5-year survival. This article delineates a scientific method of evaluating and measuring surgical palliation and shares techniques and pitfalls of assessment gained from prior experience.
McCahill
Laurence E
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Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Vermont UHC Campus, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, VT 05495, USA. laurence.mccahill@uvm.edu
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