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National reports & publications

A listing of reports and publications produced from the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM).

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National Reports

This report is based on the activities and outcomes since 2009. Aggregating information from multiple regions over time will allow identification of emerging trends in surgical care. The aim is to identify any system or process errors and develop strategies to redress these.

Publications

  • 2026
    • Chuen J. Non-Technical Errors Associated With Deaths in Surgical Care, Australia, 2012-2019, by Surgical Specialty (Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality). Med J Aust. 2026;224(3):e70175. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41873509.
    • Ey J, Maddern GJ. Non-Technical Errors Associated With Deaths in Surgical Care, Australia, 2012-2019, by Surgical Specialty (Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality). Med J Aust. 2026;224(3):e70176. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41873541.
    • Azmir A, Ochiel L, Byth K, Naz S, Zelas P. Aspiration Pneumonia Related Surgical Deaths-A Review of a 10 Year Australian State-Based Mortality Audit. ANZ J Surg. 2026;96(3):657-63. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40714996.
    • Bedrikovetski S, Traeger L, Procter N, Kopunic HS, Maddern GJ. Potentially Preventable Mortality After Elective Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Insights From a National Surgical Mortality Audit. ANZ J Surg. 2026. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/42163466.
    • Lodge ER, Kopunic HS, Procter NEK, Gananadha S. Clinically Significant Infections in Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2026. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/42241721.
    • Shah DA, Procter NEK, Kopunic HS, Wichmann MW, Maddern G. Changes in Surgical Admissions and Outcomes During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploration of the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM). ANZ J Surg. 2026. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/42153592.
  • 2025
    • Hiwase MD, Brien S, Catterwell R. A thematic analysis of perioperative mortality following major renal surgery in Australia: where do we go wrong? ANZ J Surg. 2025;95(1-2):136-42. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39620629.
    • Bedrikovetski S, Kopunic HS, Procter N, Murshed I, De Fontgalland JS, Traeger L, et al. Use of the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) to determine potentially preventable deaths after emergency general surgery. Surgery. 2025;184:109444. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40435913.
    • Ey J, Kollias V, Lee O, Hou K, Herath M, North JB, et al. Non-technical errors associated with deaths in surgical care, Australia, 2012-2019, by surgical specialty (Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality): a retrospective cohort study. Med J Aust. 2025;223(11):617-25. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40984807.
    • Ey J, Treloar E, Kollias V, Lee O, Young S, Edwards S, et al. Interventions to Improve Nontechnical Skills in Surgery: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis. J Surg Educ. 2025;82(9):103586. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40544574.
    • Ey JD, Kollias V, Lee O, Hou K, Herath MB, North JB, et al. Non-technical error leading to patient fatalities in the Australian surgical population. Br J Surg. 2025;112(4). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40296657.
  • 2024
    • Ey JD, Kollias V, Herath MB, Lee O, Bruening MH, Wells AJ, et al. Development and validation of a novel tool for identification and categorization of non-technical errors associated with surgical mortality. Br J Surg. 2024;111(10). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39423032.
    • Mao D, Rey-Conde T, North JB, Lancashire RP, Naidu S, Chua T. Medical versus surgical causes of death following colorectal resection: a Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality (QASM) study. ANZ J Surg. 2024;94(4):684-90. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38149760.
    • McCahy P, Kattini R, Tan K, Chen A, Vinluan J, Vithanage U, et al. Accuracy of surgical death information: comparison of data held by Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality and Victorian Agency for Health Information. ANZ J Surg. 2024;94(10):1860-3. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39177055.
  • 2023
    • Liu DS, Fayed A, Evans P, Bright T, Aly A, Duong C, et al. Understanding Potentially Preventable Mortality Following Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Surgery: Analysis of a National Audit of Surgical Mortality. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023;30(8):4950-61. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37157003.
    • Murshed I, Gupta AK, Camilos AN, Sabab A, Bacchi S, Kovoor JG, et al. Surgical interhospital transfer mortality: national analysis. Br J Surg. 2023;110(5):591-8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36857150.
    • Galiabovitch E, Lim KY, McCahy P. Death after endoscopic prostate surgery in Australia and New Zealand: a review of clinical management issues. ANZ J Surg. 2023;93(12):2986-90. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37936508.
    • Hansen D, Itotoh F, Helena K, Aitken RJ, Australian, New Zealand Audit of Surgical M. Observations from Australia's National Surgical Mortality Audit. World J Surg. 2023;47(12):3140-8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37882828.
    • McCahy P. The demise of the plain Kidney Ureter Bladder Xray may have been slightly exaggerated. BJUI Compass. 2023;4(1):62. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569497.
    • North J, Murphy K, Beaumont G. Self-regulated trustworthiness: reality or myth? ANZ J Surg. 2023;93(5):1126-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37226666.
    • Qin SS, Vinluan J, McCahy P. Analysis of potential clinical management issues in unreported mortality data from an Australian health service. ANZ J Surg. 2023;93(5):1181-4. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36881483.
    • Robinson D, Beaumont G. Making Surgery as Safe as It Should Be: A Qualitative Study. Am J Med Qual. 2023;38(5):238-44. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503856.
    • Jolly S, Chu MKW, Gupta AK, Mitchell J, Kovoor JG, Stewart SK, et al. Potentially avoidable mortality after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in Australia: an 8-year qualitative analysis. ANZ J Surg. 2023;93(7-8):1825-32. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37209092/.
    • Liu DS, Bright T, Watson DI. ASO Author Reflections: Preventable Mortality Following Esophago-Gastric Cancer Resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023;30(8):4962-3. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37154969
  • 2022
    • Chui JN, Papachristos AJ, Mechera R, Sidhu SB, Sywak MS, Lee JC, et al. Unexpected deaths after endocrine surgery: learning from rare events using a national audit of surgical mortality. Br J Surg. 2022;109(11):1164-71. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35927948.
    • Davis SS, Noll D, Patel P, Maloney RT, Maddern GJ. Gastrectomy mortality in Australia. ANZ J Surg. 2022;92(9):2109-14. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35180327.
    • Mao D, Rey-Conde T, North JB, Lancashire RP, Naidu S, Chua TC. Critical Analysis of the Causes of In-Hospital Mortality following Colorectal Resection: A Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality (QASM) Registry Study. World J Surg. 2022;46(7):1796-804. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35378596.
    • Young E, Kopunic HS, Trochsler MI, Maddern GJ. Predictors of interhospital transfer delays in acute surgical patient deaths in Australia: a retrospective study. ANZ J Surg. 2022;92(6):1322-31. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35373494.
  • 2021
    • Mansour LT, Brien S, Reid J, Maddern GJ. Peri-operative Mortality Following Cholecystectomy in Australia: Potential Preventability of Adverse Events. World J Surg. 2021;45(3):681-9. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33043383.
    • Fraser B, Rey-Conde T, Allen J, North JB. Surgeons' Responses to a Surgical Mortality Audit: Accepting and Improving: A Cross Sectional Survey. J Surg Res. 2021;266:306-10. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34044174.
    • Ong YLR, Sambrook P, Maddern G. Oral squamous cell carcinoma resection and neck dissection mortality: a 10-year national audit study. ANZ J Surg. 2021;91(1-2):145-51. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33244898.
    • Ong YLR, Tivey D, Huang L, Sambrook P, Maddern G. Factors affecting surgical mortality of oral squamous cell carcinoma resection. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021;50(1):1-6. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32773113.
    • Patiniott P, Reid J, Maloney RT, Karatassas A, Maddern G. Elective abdominal wall hernia repair surgical mortality-A systematic review of the literature and peer review of mortality in Australia. ANZ J Surg. 2021;91(7-8):1588-95. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34125461.
    • Smith SM, Jacobsen JHW, Atlas AP, Khoja A, Kovoor JG, Tivey DR, et al. Telehealth in surgery: an umbrella review. ANZ J Surg. 2021;91(11):2360-75. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34766688.
    • Treacy PJ, Rey-Conde T, Allen J, Maloney RT, North JB. The associations of factors with previous alcohol use in the Northern Territory compared to other states - an observational study. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2021;45(6):578-83. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34473384.
    • Mansour LT, Brien S, Reid J, Maddern GJ. Peri-operative Mortality Following Cholecystectomy in Australia: Potential Preventability of Adverse Events. World J Surg. 2021;45(3):681-9. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33043383
  • 2020
    • Salindera S, Brennan M. Development of the 'People-Processes-Paradigm' critical analysis tool for mortality and morbidity reviews: improving understanding of systems factors. ANZ J Surg. 2020;90(6):984-90. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32418366.
    • Boyle FM, Allen J, Rey-Conde T, North JB. Learning from regret. Br J Surg. 2020;107(4):422-31. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32077094.
    • Chan JCY, Gupta AK, Stewart SK, McCulloch GAJ, Babidge WJ, Worthington MG, et al. Mortality in Australian Cardiothoracic Surgery: Findings From a National Audit. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020;109(6):1880-8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31726036.
    • Galiabovitch E, Hansen D, Retegan C, McCahy P. Urinary tract stone deaths: data from the Australian and New Zealand Audits of Surgical Mortality. BJU Int. 2020;126(5):604-9. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32654379.
    • Gupta AK, Stewart SK, Cottell K, McCulloch GAJ, Miller J, Babidge WJ, et al. Potentially avoidable issues in urology mortality cases in Australia: identification and improvements. ANZ J Surg. 2020;90(5):719-24. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32106356.
    • Hansen D, Retegan C, Ismail A, McCahy P. Risk-adjusted hospital clinical management issue rates using data from the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2020;90(5):728-33. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32338821.
    • McCahy P. Potentially avoidable urology mortality in Australia. ANZ J Surg. 2020;90(5):653. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32421941.
    • McCahy P, Tayyaba I, Andrew M, Lim CMT, Pornkul P, Lay J, et al. Assessment of accuracy of Australian health service death data: implications for the audits of surgical mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2020;90(5):725-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190969.
    • Stevens CL, Reid JL, Babidge WJ, Maddern GJ. Peer review of mortality after hepatectomy in Australia. HPB (Oxford). 2020;22(4):611-21. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31558369.
    • Stewart SK, Vu J, McCulloch GAJ. Necrotising fasciitis deaths in Australia: patient characteristics and potential areas for improvement in clinical management. ANZ J Surg. 2020;90(11):2329-33. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32893425.
  • 2019
    • Turner RC, Simpson S, Jr., Bhalerao M. Systemic predictors of adverse events in a national surgical mortality audit: analysis of peer-review data from Australia and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(11):1398-403. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31480102.
    • Aitken RJ, Maddern GJ. Learning from death. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(11):1355-6. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31760697.
    • Chan JC, Gupta AK, Babidge WJ, Worthington MG, Maddern GJ. Technical factors affecting cardiac surgical mortality in Australia. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2019;27(6):443-51. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31180721.
    • Chan JCY, Gupta AK, Stewart S, Babidge W, McCulloch G, Worthington MG, et al. "Nobody told me": Communication Issues Affecting Australian Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019;108(6):1801-6. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31254505.
    • Chen A, Vinluan J, Retegan C, McCahy P. Implementing error rate checks to improve the data quality in the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. Comput Biol Med. 2019;106:40-5. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30677602.
    • Davis SS, Babidge WJ, Kiermeier A, Maddern GJ. Regional versus metropolitan pancreaticoduodenectomy mortality in Australia. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(12):1582-6. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31334600.
    • Davis SS, Babidge WJ, McCulloch GAJ, Maddern GJ. Fatal flaws in clinical decision making. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(6):764-8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30497100.
    • Ferrah N, Stephan K, Lovell J, Beiles CB, Ibrahim JE. Rural centres do not have a higher prevalence of post-operative complications than urban centres: a retrospective analysis of a mortality audit. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(7-8):833-41. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30790425.
    • Ghanem AI, Schymick M, Bachiri S, Mannari A, Sheqwara J, Burmeister C, et al. The effect of treatment package time in head and neck cancer patients treated with adjuvant radiotherapy and concurrent systemic therapy. World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;5(3):160-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31750429.
    • Hansen D, Hansen E, Retegan C, Morphet J, Beiles CB. Validation of data submitted by the treating surgeon in the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(1-2):16-9. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30497110.
    • Mthiyane T, Peter J, Allen J, Connolly C, Davids M, Rustomjee R, et al. Urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) and antimicrobial usage in seriously-ill HIV-infected patients with sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. J Thorac Dis. 2019;11(8):3505-14. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31559057.
    • Stevens CL, Reid JL, Babidge WJ, Maddern GJ. Peer review of mortality after pancreaticoduodenectomy in Australia. HPB (Oxford). 2019;21(11):1470-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30956163.
    • Young E, Stewart S, McCulloch GAJ, Maddern GJ. Appendicectomy mortality: an Australian national audit. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(11):1441-5. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31566305.
    • Aitken RJ, Maddern GJ. Learning from death. ANZ J Surg. 2019;89(11):1355-6. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31760697.
    • Cloney T, Vinluan J, Chen A, Retegan C, McCahy P. Stakeholder's perceived value of surgical audit data provided by the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. Health Inf Manag. 2021;50(1-2):55-63. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31782316
  • 2018
    • Allen J, David M, Veerman JL. Systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in reducing surgical-site infection. BJS Open. 2018;2(3):81-98. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951632.
    • Allen J, Rey-Conde T, North JB, Kruger P, Babidge WJ, Wysocki AP, et al. Processes of care in surgical patients who died with hospital-acquired infections in Australian hospitals. J Hosp Infect. 2018;99(1):17-23. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28890286.
    • Ashrafi D, Rey-Conde T, North JB, Wysocki AP. Snapshot of trauma laparotomy deaths in Queensland. ANZ J Surg. 2018;88(6):569-72. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29510466.
    • Cattanach DE, Wysocki AP, Ray-Conde T, Nankivell C, Allen J, North JB. Post-mortem general surgeon reflection on decision-making: a mixed-methods study of mortality audit data. ANZ J Surg. 2018;88(10):993-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30159977.
    • Davis S, Babidge W, Kiermeier A, Aitken R, Maddern G. Perioperative Mortality Following Bariatric Surgery in Australia. Obes Surg. 2018;28(5):1329-34. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29110242.
    • Jones CR, McCulloch GAJ, Ludbrook G, Babidge WJ, Maddern GJ. Deaths in Incorrectly Identified Low-Surgical-Risk Patients. World J Surg. 2018;42(7):1997-2000. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29299646.
  • 2017
    • Chen A, Retegan C, Vinluan J, Beiles CB. Potentially preventable deaths in the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2017;87(1-2):17-21. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27758036.
    • Ferrah N, Ibrahim JE, Ranson DL, Beiles CB. Overview of surgical death investigations: could a dreaded experience be turned into an opportunity? ANZ J Surg. 2017;87(10):755-6. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28975744.
    • Gupta AK, Stewart SK, Cottell K, McCulloch GA, Babidge W, Maddern GJ. Potentially avoidable issues in neurosurgical mortality cases in Australia: identification and improvements. ANZ J Surg. 2017;87(1-2):86-91. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27072063.
    • Lui CW, Boyle FM, Wysocki AP, Baker P, D'Souza A, Faint S, et al. How participation in surgical mortality audit impacts surgical practice. BMC Surg. 2017;17(1):42. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28424055.
    • Kiermeier A, Babidge WJ, McCulloch GAJ, Maddern GJ, Watters DA, Aitken RJ. National surgical mortality audit may be associated with reduced mortality after emergency admission. ANZ J Surg. 2017;87(10):830-6. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28834217.
  • 2016
    • Hansen D, Retegan C, Woodford N, Vinluan J, Beiles CB. Comparison of the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality with coronial cause of death. ANZ J Surg. 2016;86(6):437-41. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26017918.
    • Rey-Conde T, Shakya R, Allen J, Clarke E, North JB, Wysocki AP, et al. Surgical mortality audit data validity. ANZ J Surg. 2016;86(9):644-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26686874.
    • Singla AA, Guy GS, Field JB, Ma N, Babidge WJ, Maddern GJ. No weak days? Impact of day in the week on surgical mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2016;86(1-2):15-20. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26424504.
    • Singla AA, Guy GS, Field JB, Ma N, Babidge WJ, Maddern GJ. Response to Re: No weak days? Impact of day in the week on surgical mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2016;86(6):523-4. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27252138.
    • Watters DA, Babidge WJ, Kiermeier A, McCulloch GA, Maddern GJ. Perioperative Mortality Rates in Australian Public Hospitals: The Influence of Age, Gender and Urgency. World J Surg. 2016;40(11):2591-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27255941.
    • Rey-Conde T, Wysocki AP, North JB, Allen J, Ware RS, Watters DA. Clinical events reported by surgeons assessing their peers. Am J Surg. 2016;212(4):748-54. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27090563.
  • 2015
    • Allen J, North JB, Wysocki AP, Ware RS, Rey-Conde T. Surgical care for the aged: a retrospective cross-sectional study of a national surgical mortality audit. BMJ Open. 2015;5(5):e006981. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26009574.
    • Beiles CB, Retegan C, Maddern GJ. Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality is associated with improved clinical outcomes. ANZ J Surg. 2015;85(11):803-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25039277.
    • Raju RS, Guy GS, Majid AJ, Babidge W, Maddern GJ. The Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality-birth, deaths, and carriage. Ann Surg. 2015;261(2):304-8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24646530.
    • Wysocki AP, Allen J, Rey-Conde T, North JB. Mortality from acute appendicitis is associated with complex disease and co-morbidity. ANZ J Surg. 2015;85(7-8):521-4. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25141762.
    • Wysocki AP, Allen J, Rey-Conde T, North JB. Analysis of deficiencies in care following cholecystectomy. J Visc Surg. 2015;152(4):217-22. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26149251.
  • 2014
  • 2013
    • Azzam DG, Neo CA, Itotoh FE, Aitken RJ. The Western Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality: outcomes from the first 10 years. Med J Aust. 2013;199(8):539-42. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24138379.
    • North JB, Blackford FJ, Wall D, Allen J, Faint S, Ware RS, et al. Analysis of the causes and effects of delay before diagnosis using surgical mortality data. Br J Surg. 2013;100(3):419-25. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23225342.
    • Retegan C, Beiles CB. Response to re: evaluating the value and impact of the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2013;83(10):729. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24099123.
    • Retegan C, Russell C, Harris D, Andrianopoulos N, Beiles CB. Evaluating the value and impact of the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2013;83(10):724-8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23855838.
  • 2012 and Earlier
    • Hughes CF, Fearnside M, Maddern GJ. Surgical audit - still an eccentric view? ANZ J Surg. 2010;80(12):864. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21114725.
    • Semmens JB, Mountain JA, Sanfilippo FM, Barraclough JY, McKenzie A, Mukhtar SA, et al. Providers and consumers support the Western Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality. ANZ J Surg. 2006;76(6):442-7. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16768765.
    • Semmens JB, Aitken RJ, Sanfilippo FM, Mukhtar SA, Haynes NS, Mountain JA. The Western Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality: advancing surgical accountability. Med J Aust. 2005;183(10):504-8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16296962