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Table 6 Patients’ distributions of extensive upper abdominal surgery by surgeons

From: Radical surgery versus standard surgery for primary cytoreduction of bulky stage IIIC and IV ovarian cancer: an observational study

 

Years of the data

Groups

2009.6–2011.6

2011.7–2012.12

 

Team A

Team B

Team A

Team B

Radical surgery group (n = 112)

29 (65.9 %)

9 (8.8 %)

53 (73.6 %)

21 (15.6 %)

Standard surgery group (n = 241)

15 (34.1 %)

93 (91.2 %)

19 (26.4 %)

114 (84.4 %)

Total

44

102

72

135

  1. Team A described as the “believers” and “deed over words” in EUAS (extensive upper abdominal surgery) procedures, trying to resect any macroscopic disease, and did 82 cases (73.2 %) radical surgery; Team B not believing EUAS, and only did 30 (26.8 %) radical surgery
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