Colorectal cancer surgery in rural Australia can match outcomes in metropolitan hospitals: a 14-year study

Matthias W. Wichmann; Timothy K. McCullough; Eben Beukes; Thomas Gunning; Guy J. Maddern

doi:10.5694/mja2.50852

Colorectal cancer surgery in rural Australia can match outcomes in metropolitan hospitals: a 14-year study

Matthias W. Wichmann, Timothy K. McCullough, Eben Beukes, Thomas Gunning, Guy J. Maddern

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Abstract

The incidence of colorectal cancer in Australia is among the highest in the world.1 About 29% of Australians live in rural or remote areas. We have previously reported that colorectal cancer surgery in rural hospitals is safe and that short term outcomes are good.2

This report is based on prospectively collected data for 311 patients treated for stages 1 to 3 colorectal cancer by four surgeons in rural South Australia (Mount Gambier Hospital, with 110 beds and a six‐bed high dependency unit) during 1 February 2006 – 31 January 2020...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-187
Number of pages	2
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	214
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50852
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021

Keywords

Colorectal surgery
Morbidity
Mortality
Rural health services
Survival analysis

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Colorectal cancer surgery in rural Australia can match outcomes in metropolitan hospitals: a 14-year study

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