Rectal cancer services – is it time for specialization within units?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Maxwell‐Armstrong, Charles; Cheetham, Mark; Branagan, Graham; Davies, Justin; Davies, Mike; Eardley, Nicola; Hancock, Laura; Harikrishnan, Athur; McArthur, David; Siddiqui, Shahab; Tiernan, Jim; Torkington, Jared
- Source
- Colorectal Disease. Jul2023, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p1332-1335. 4p.
- Subject
- *RECTAL cancer
*RECTAL surgery
*OPERATING room nursing
*SURGERY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1462-8910
Keywords: getting it right first time; national consultant information; programme; quality improvement; rectal cancer EN getting it right first time national consultant information programme quality improvement rectal cancer 1332 1335 4 07/25/23 20230701 NES 230701 Colorectal surgery has emerged as a subspeciality of general surgery. Twenty five per cent of all resections between April 2017 and March 2020 were undertaken by 89 (9%) rectal cancer resection consultants; and 50% of all resections were undertaken by 230 (23%) consultants. In 2019, the median number of rectal resections performed by a colorectal surgeon in England was five, with 44% of surgeons failing to meet the NICE guidelines of more than five rectal resections per year. It is becoming common in many units to provide dual-consultant operating for rectal cancer surgery; this facilitates the transfer and maintenance of technical skills and can also reduce surgeon fatigue during prolonged operations. [Extracted from the article]