In-hospital mortality and failure to rescue following hepatobiliary surgery in Germany - a nationwide analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent observational studies on volume-outcome associations in hepatobiliary surgery were not designed to account for the varying extent of hepatobiliary resections and the consequential risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality for minor and major hepatobiliary resections at the national level in Germany and to examine the effect of hospital volume on in-hospital mortality, and failure to rescue.

Methods

All inpatient cases of hepatobiliary surgery (n = 31,114) in Germany from 2009 to 2015 were studied using national hospital discharge data. After ranking hospitals according to increasing hospital volumes, five volume categories were established based on all hepatobiliary resect

SUBMITTER: Krautz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7388497 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature