Validation of the board certification system for expert surgeons (hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic field) using the data of the National Clinical Database of Japan: part 2 – Pancreatoduodenectomy

Data of pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) cases from the National Clinical Database (NCD) were analyzed in order to validate the board certification system established by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery (JSHBPS).Board-certified A training institutions and board-certified B training institutions were required to perform at least 50 and 30 high-level hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HBP) surgeries per year, respectively. Records of...