Publications by authors named "Alyson B Crawford"
Article Synopsis
- Wait times for melanoma surgery have been a concern, but data on their impact on patient outcomes is limited.
- A study analyzed Ontario adults diagnosed with melanoma from 2004 to 2011, using health databases to assess the effect of wait times on overall survival.
- Results showed that long wait times for surgical procedures like wide local excision, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and lymph node dissection did not significantly affect the overall survival rates of melanoma patients.
Background: Combined endoscopic-laparoscopic surgery is a novel technique that can be used to avoid bowel resection for complex colon polyps that are not amenable to colonoscopic resection.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and outcomes of combined endoscopic-laparoscopic surgery for complex colonic polyps.
Design: This study is a retrospective review of consecutive combined endoscopic-laparoscopic surgeries.