Does Surgical Volume Influence the Need for Second Surgery? A Pilot Study
Objective To examine outcomes of pediatric thyroidectomy in the context of training background, institution, and experience of the surgeon. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting A tertiary academic medical center and a pediatric hospital. Subjects and Methods Eighty-one thyroidectomy p...
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doaj-38120ca9d2354660afe947b7498a06f92020-11-25T03:00:30ZengSAGE PublishingOTO Open2473-974X2017-08-01110.1177/2473974X17728257Does Surgical Volume Influence the Need for Second Surgery? A Pilot StudyPaul D. Judge MD0Joseph Menousek1Jordan C. Schramm MD, MS2Robert Cusick MD3William Lydiatt MD, EMBA4Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USAUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USAPediatric Otolaryngology, University of Utah, Primary Children’s Hospital, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, Utah, USAPediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center–Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USAHead and Neck Surgical Oncology, Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Omaha, Nebraska, USAObjective To examine outcomes of pediatric thyroidectomy in the context of training background, institution, and experience of the surgeon. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting A tertiary academic medical center and a pediatric hospital. Subjects and Methods Eighty-one thyroidectomy patients younger than 18 years. Outcomes were major complications (recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, permanent hypocalcemia, and wound infection), length of stay (LOS), and need for repeat surgery. Results Eighty-one patients, 39 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and 42 from the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center–Omaha, were identified over a 12-year time period. No difference was found in surgeon training (otolaryngology/head and neck surgery vs general/pediatric surgery) for complications (1 vs 1, odds ratio [OR] = 0.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.05, 13.1]), LOS >1 day (5 vs 13, OR = 0.39, 95% CI = [0.13, 1.24]), or need for second surgery (4 vs 7, OR = 1.47, 95% CI = [0.39, 5.49]). Higher surgeon volume (≥12 surgeries) was found to be significant for decreased need for second surgery (3 vs 8, OR = 6.67, 95% CI = [1.57, 27.17]). Patients of higher-volume surgeons were 4.2 times more likely to stay in the hospital 1 day or less compared with those patients operated on by surgeons with less experience (7 vs 11, 95% CI = [1.59, 15.0]). Conclusions Need for second surgery in pediatric thyroidectomy may be predicted by surgical volume.https://doi.org/10.1177/2473974X17728257 |
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Does Surgical Volume Influence the Need for Second Surgery? A Pilot Study |
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Does Surgical Volume Influence the Need for Second Surgery? A Pilot Study |
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Does Surgical Volume Influence the Need for Second Surgery? A Pilot Study |
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Objective To examine outcomes of pediatric thyroidectomy in the context of training background, institution, and experience of the surgeon. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting A tertiary academic medical center and a pediatric hospital. Subjects and Methods Eighty-one thyroidectomy patients younger than 18 years. Outcomes were major complications (recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, permanent hypocalcemia, and wound infection), length of stay (LOS), and need for repeat surgery. Results Eighty-one patients, 39 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and 42 from the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center–Omaha, were identified over a 12-year time period. No difference was found in surgeon training (otolaryngology/head and neck surgery vs general/pediatric surgery) for complications (1 vs 1, odds ratio [OR] = 0.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.05, 13.1]), LOS >1 day (5 vs 13, OR = 0.39, 95% CI = [0.13, 1.24]), or need for second surgery (4 vs 7, OR = 1.47, 95% CI = [0.39, 5.49]). Higher surgeon volume (≥12 surgeries) was found to be significant for decreased need for second surgery (3 vs 8, OR = 6.67, 95% CI = [1.57, 27.17]). Patients of higher-volume surgeons were 4.2 times more likely to stay in the hospital 1 day or less compared with those patients operated on by surgeons with less experience (7 vs 11, 95% CI = [1.59, 15.0]). Conclusions Need for second surgery in pediatric thyroidectomy may be predicted by surgical volume. |
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