Lothian Surgical Audit: A 15-year experience of improvement in surgical practice through regional co

Looks at the results from the Lothian Surgical Audit (LSA) done by general surgeons in Lothian, United Kingdom, which have been a central component for National Health Service (NHS) reforms. The data from LSA used by the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons for a report on minimal access surgery; How LSA has been instrumental in changing general surgical practice in the Lothian region; Background; Examples of changed surgical practice; Discussion.