Jonathan F. Finks, M.D., University of Michigan Health System (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Jonathan F. Finks, M.D., University of Michigan Health System

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In the past decade, surgery death rates have dropped dramatically for even the most complicated surgeries. But a University of Michigan Health System study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine reveals the decline is linked with more surgeries shifting to safer, high-volume hospitals, particularly surgeries to treat pancreatic and esophageal cancers.

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