Choice Of Hospital Impacts Outcomes For Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery
Jun 19th 2008Drug InformationIrritable-Bowel Syndrome
Hospitals with higher annual volumes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who undergo surgery have lower in-hospital mortality rates than hospitals with lower volumes of IBD patients, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.The study also found a trend toward shorter post-operative hospital stays for patients who undergo surgery for Crohn’s Disease, a form of IBD, at high-volume centers.
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