Do older surgeons have safer hands? A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For complex surgical procedures a volume-outcome relationship can often be demonstrated implicating multiple factors at a unit and surgeon specific level. This study aims to investigate this phenomenon in lung transplantation over a 30-year period with particular reference to surgeon age and experience, cumulative unit activity and time/day of transplant.

Methods

Prospective databases identified adult patients undergoing isolated lung transplantation at a single UK centre between June 1987 and October 2017. Mortality data was acquired from NHS Spine. Individual surgeon demographics were obtained from the General Medical Council. Student t-test, Pearson's Chi-squared, Logistic Regression, and Kaplan-Meier Survival analyses were performed using Analyse-it package fo

SUBMITTER: Rizzo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9438167 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature