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Observed and adjusted hospital mortality according to surgical volume. Observed hospital mortality rates showed a significant decreasing trend as surgical volume increased (P < 0.001). Adjusted hospital mortality rates were then calculated through multivariate logistic regression with hospital mortality rates as a dependent variable and age and operation type as significant confounder variables.
