Regional variations and deprivation are linked to poorer access to laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery: a national study in England
A J Morton, A Simpson, D J Humes · 2023
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A J Morton, A Simpson, and D J Humes present a 2023 national study of unequal access to keyhole and robotic bowel surgery in England. The team mined linked health records for 93,735 adults who had planned colorectal surgery between 2006 and 2020, comparing open operations with the gentler minimally invasive routes.
Keyhole surgery passed open surgery in 2015, then leveled off; robotic operations grew fast from 2017. Uptake differed by up to twenty points between regions. Patients from the most deprived areas got invasive surgery far less often than the least deprived, and the gap widened for robotic cases. The authors call for national plans so the new methods spread fairly.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | A J Morton, A Simpson, D J Humes |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |