Reduction Of In-Hospital Mortality Following Regionalization Of Pancreatic Surgery In The South - East Of The Netherlands

International audience ; In the late nineties of the former century, surgery for pancreatic and peri-ampullary cancer in the southern part of The Netherlands was performed mainly in low-volume hospitals (<5 resections/year). Results reported by the Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS) in 2005 revealed the clearly disappointing results of this practice. The former stimulated the regionalization of pancreatic surgery by 3 collaborating surgical units into one non-academic teaching hospital in the eastern part of the CCCS-region starting from July 2005.