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. 2017 Apr 13;33(2):106–116. doi: 10.1159/000456041

Table 4.

Gastrectomy: number of surgeons, patients, und mortality rate sorted by volume categories for hospitals and surgeons [11]

Volume category Surgeon, n Patients, n Mortality, %
1. Low hospital/low surgeon 895 2,336 12.2
2. Low hospital/high surgeon 81 936 9.5
3. High hospital/low surgeon 320 876 8.0
4. High hospital/high surgeon 91 2,281 4.3
Alla 1,387 6,429 8.4
a

If all patients were to be operated in category 4, there would be 264 less deaths (276 vs. 540).