Surgical Approach as a Mediator of Rural–Urban Disparity after Colon Cancer Resection
Surgical approach mediated one-third of the complication risk experienced by rural patients, who had higher odds of complications, more postdischarge reoperations, and lower odds of accessing MIS. Expanding rural MIS colectomy practices may be one way to achieve more geographically equitable outcomes.
Authors
- Sara P. Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4318-3938)
- Kelly Kenzik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6402-8446)
- Elizabeth Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-2083)
- Jennifer S. Davids (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-1822)
- Teviah E. Sachs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8560-3606)
- Sing Chau Ng
- Anays Murillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9574-3606)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001601
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00