Quality control in a training course of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) surgery is controversial in part because of the surgeon's experience, which correlates with how the surgeon is trained. Because the training model of OPCAB is not uniform, the quality control in the training process seems to be more important and needs to be further discussed.

Methods

Nine surgeons accepted and completed an OPCAB training course at a single center to become independent surgeons. This training program is characterized by 6 progressive levels supervised by experienced trainers. In total, 2307 consecutive cases of OPCAB performed by the 9 trainee surgeons were analyzed for monitoring and evaluation in quality control. The funnel plots and cumulative summation (CUSUM) analysis method were used to evalua

SUBMITTER: Han Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10328839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature