Dataset Information

Association of Overlapping Surgery With Perioperative Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Overlapping surgery, in which more than 1 procedure performed by the same primary surgeon is scheduled so the start time of one procedure overlaps with the end time of another, is of concern because of potential adverse outcomes.

Objective

To determine the association between overlapping surgery and mortality, complications, and length of surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study of 66 430 operations in patients aged 18 to 90 years undergoing total knee or hip arthroplasty; spine surgery; coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery; and craniotomy at 8 centers between January 1, 2010, and May 31, 2018. Patients were followed up until discharge.