Why the study?
Does the Variable Life Adjusted Display (VLAD) graphically demonstrate risk-adjusted mortality trends in esophagogastric cancer surgery?
Population
168 eligible patients who underwent resection for esophageal or gastric malignancy in a district general…
Comparison
Application of Variable Life Adjusted Display… vs Expected mortality as predicted by P-POSSUM
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30-day
Authors
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VLAD may aid real-time monitoring of esophagogastric surgical performance; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
Does the Variable Life Adjusted Display (VLAD) graphically demonstrate risk-adjusted mortality trends in esophagogastric cancer surgery?
VLAD is a simple and useful graphical technique for monitoring risk-adjusted surgical performance over time in esophagogastric cancer surgery.
Guest et al. (2011) studied this question.
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