National Population Study of the Effect of Structure and Process on Outcomes of Digit Replantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgeon experience, hospital volume, and teaching hospital status may play a role in the success of digit replantation. This study aims to analyze factors that influence digit replantation success rates.

Study design

We examined patients with traumatic digit amputations, between 2000 and 2015, from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) of Taiwan, which comprises data of more than 99% of its population. We measured the number of traumatic digit amputations and success rate of replantation. Chi-square and ANOVA tests were used for descriptive statistics. Regression models were built to analyze the association among patient, surgeon, and hospital characteristics, and replant success.

Results

We identified 13,416 digit replantation patients us

SUBMITTER: Hsu CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167636 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature