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Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Across Ontario, Damian Dylkowski
Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Across Ontario, Damian Dylkowski
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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the volume of three complex paediatric procedures at the tertiary care centres in Ontario over the last 20 years in three disciplines, analyze outcomes and explore the possibility of an outcome volume relationship.
METHODS: A population based cohort study of patients undergoing TEF repair, Pyeloplasty and V-P shunt insertion at 4 paediatric centres in Ontario between 1993 and 2013 was carried out. Administrative data sets were linked using unique encoded identifiers and analyzed at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
RESULTS: In TEF repair and Pyeloplasty, there was significant difference …