Trainee participation is associated with adverse outcomes in emergency general surgery: an analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database.
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OBJECTIVE: To identify whether resident involvement affects clinically relevant outcomes in emergency general surgery. BACKGROUND: Previous research has demonstrated a significant impact of trainee participation on outcomes in a broad surgical patient population. METHODS: We identified 141,010 patients who underwent emergency general surgery procedures in the 2005-2010 Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Because of the nonrandom assignment of complex cases to resident participation, patients were matched (1:1) on known risk factors [age, sex, inpatient status, preexisting comorbidities (obesity, diabetes, smoking, alcohol, steroid use, coronary artery disease, chronic renal failure, pulmonary disease)] and preoperatively calculated probability for morbidity and mortality. Clinically relevant outcomes were compared with a t or χ test. The impact of resident participation on outcomes was assessed with multivariable regression modeling, adjusting for risk factors and operative time. RESULTS: The most common procedures in the matched cohort (n = 83,790) were appendectomy (39.9%), exploratory laparotomy (8.8%), and adhesiolysis (6.6%). Trainee participation is independently associated with intra- and postoperative events, wound, pulmonary, and venous thromboembolic complications, and urinary tract infections. CONCLUSIONS: Trainee participation is associated with adverse outcomes in emergency general surgery procedures.
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Cited Authors
- Kasotakis, G; Lakha, A; Sarkar, B; Kunitake, H; Kissane-Lee, N; Dechert, T; McAneny, D; Burke, P; Doherty, G
Published Date
- September 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 260 / 3
Start / End Page
- 483 - 490
PubMed ID
- 25115424
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1528-1140
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000889
Conference Location
- United States