Our Rectal Cancer Surgery Outcomes
Patient surgical outcomes define the surgical descision making process, the standard of surgery performed and ultimately the quality of the rectal cancer surgeon. It is important for patients to know if their surgeon is a high volume subspecialist rectal cancer surgeon.
Dr Venkatesh Munikrishnan shares his rectal cancer surgery outcomes here. This is based on prospective data points collected from his personal robotic rectal cancer surgery series of 330 patients at Apollo Hospitals Chennai
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Rectal Cancer Margin Positivity Rates
Margin positivity rates is a key marker to indicate the quality of the surgery performed and the surgeon. The lesser the rates, better the quality of surgery. Dr Venkatesh Munikrishnan margin positivity rate of 4.6% is better than global standard of 5.2% and his peer group
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Anastomotic Leak Rates
An anastomotic leak is a devastating complication after rectal cancer surgery. It reflects on the quality of surgery performed. We are very proud that in our programme is less than 1% compared to global standard/peer group rate of 2.6%
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Wound Infection Rates after Rectal Cancer Surgery
Wound infection after rectal cancer surgery is common with reported global standard rates of 5.2%. In our programme with meticulous protocols we have reduced our wound infection rates to 1.4%
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Hospital Readmission Rates After Rectal Cancer Surgery
Hospital Readmission rates truly reflect on the experience of the surgeon and the quality of surgery performed. Our readmission rates after rectal cancer surgery is less than 2% compared to global standard of 21.4%
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Robotic To Open Surgery Conversion Rates
Robotic to open surgery conversion means that a robotic procedure was converted to an open operation due to technical difficulty of the procedure or maybe related to the skillsets of the rectal cancer surgeon. We are delighted that our robotic to open procedure conversion rates are around 1% compared to global standard / peer group rates of 7%
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Cost of Robotic Surgery
One of the most significant achievements of Dr Venkatesh Munikrishnan and his team is that they have standardised the robotic rectal cancer procedure to achieve cost effectiveness. The cost of robotic rectal cancer procedure performed by Dr Venkatesh Munikrishnan is 1/4 (ie 25%) the cost of a similar procedure in the USA
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Wound Infection Rates after Rectal Cancer Surgery
Wound infection after rectal cancer surgery is common with reported global standard rates of 5.2%. In our programme with meticulous protocols we have reduced our wound infection rates to 1.4%
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Hospital Readmission Rates After Rectal Cancer Surgery
Hospital Readmission rates truly reflect on the experience of the surgeon and the quality of surgery performed. Our readmission rates after rectal cancer surgery is less than 2% compared to global standard of 21.4%