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JANUARY 24, 2019

NSQIP Data Show Decade Of Steady Improvement in Colorectal Outcomes

By Christina Frangou
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Boston—Complications from colorectal resection steadily decreased while the number of early hospital discharges increased over the past decade, according to a review of data collected by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Investigators said the findings demonstrate that NSQIP, first introduced in 2007, spurred a period of substantial improvement in colorectal surgery.

Between 2007 and 2016, surgical site infections after