摘要
We read with great interest the article recently published by Lequeu et al.(1)based on the French national administrative prospective database for hospital care(PMSI:Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d’Information)containing all discharge reports from both private and public hospitals in France.This series aimed at evaluating the influence of hospital volume on failure to rescue after distal pancreatectomy(DP)with or without splenectomy by open and minimally invasive surgery.Collecting number of deaths among patients who experienced major postoperative complication,failure to rescue(FTR)represents the inability for a center to manage these complications and to avoid postoperative deaths.Indeed,FTR appears to be a relevant indicator of quality of care after surgical procedures related to postoperative morbidity and its management.
