Complications from Major Abdominal Cancer Surgery & Their Effect on Cancer-Specific Outcomes
Objective
To create a unique linked dataset to evaluate demographic parameters, preoperative factors, surgical complications, and cancer outcomes in gastrointestinal (GI) surgical oncology patients by merging data from the Pennsylvania NSQIP Consortium (PA-NSQIP) and Pennsylvania Cancer Registry (Registry). This dataset will be used to model complications and study their effects on cancer outcomes in Pennsylvania and to use these data to improve the cancer care for gastrointestinal surgical patients through focused quality improvement based on our findings.
