Surgical quality in organ procurement during day and night: an analysis of quality forms.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyse a potential association between surgical quality and time of day.

Design

A retrospective analysis of complete sets of quality forms filled out by the procuring and accepting surgeon on organs from deceased donors.

Setting

Procurement procedures in the Netherlands are organised per region. All procedures are performed by an independent, dedicated procurement team that is associated with an academic medical centre in the region.

Participants

In 18 months' time, 771 organs were accepted and procured in The Netherlands. Of these, 17 organs were declined before transport and therefore excluded. For the remaining 754 organs, 591 (78%) sets of forms were completed (procurement and transplantation). Baseline characteristics were comparable in both

SUBMITTER: de Boer JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6254412 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature