Can high-volume surgeons achieve optimal outcomes at low-volume hospitals? Implications for the Leapfrog Initiative and regionalization of high-risk surgical oncology procedures.

6585 Background: The Leapfrog group recently released surgeon and hospital procedure volume standards for several surgical oncology procedures. This study investigated trends in volume and whether high-volume surgeons at low-volume hospitals achieve equivalent outcomes to high-volume surgeons at high-volume hospitals. Methods: New York’s Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System was queried for esophagectomy, lung resection,...