August 1, 2007
New major study on surgical outcomes
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) reported in June on a 3-year surgical outcomes study involving nearly 185,000 patients in 142 centers. Results from the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) are reported in 20 articles in the June Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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