[Implementation of a nurse practitioner role in inpatient surgery: A mixed-methods study in a pre-post design].

Implementation of a nurse practitioner role in inpatient surgery: A mixed-methods study in a pre-post design The study describes the introduction and testing of a Nurse Practitioner role in acute inpatient surgery in a Swiss hospital over a year. Using a Nurse Practitioner can improve continuity of care, quality of care and patient safety. The short-term outcome of such a role in the field of inpatient surgery is shown after one year.

Sentinel lymph node procedure leads to upstaging of patients with resectable colon cancer: results of the Swiss prospective, multicenter study sentinel lymph node procedure in colon cancer.

Background: The value of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure in colon cancer patients remains a matter of debate. The objective of this prospective, multicenter trial was 3-fold: to determine the identification rate and accuracy of the SLN procedure in patients with resectable colon cancer; to evaluate the learning curve of the SLN procedure; and to assess the extent of upstaging due to the SLN procedure.

Methods: One hundred seventy-four consecutive colon cancer patients were enrolled onto this prospective trial.

Inadequate quality of surveillance after curative surgery for colon cancer.

Background: Colon cancer patients are at risk for recurrence. Recurrent disease might be curable if detected early by surveillance. However, data on the quality of surveillance are scarce.