Association of individual surgeon volume and postoperative outcome in esophagomyotomy for achalasia.
Achalasia
Esophagomyotomy
Foregut surgery
Heller
Outcomes
POEM
Surgeon volume
Journal
Surgical endoscopy
ISSN: 1432-2218
Titre abrégé: Surg Endosc
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8806653
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2022
11 2022
Historique:
received:
20
09
2021
accepted:
21
02
2022
pubmed:
9
3
2022
medline:
1
11
2022
entrez:
8
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Many surgical disciplines have demonstrated superior outcomes when procedures are performed at "high-volume". Esophagomyotomy is commonly performed for achalasia, however it's unclear what constitutes "high-volume" for this procedure, and if individual procedure volume and outcome are related. We identified physicians performing esophagomyotomy, stratified them by individual case volume, and examined their outcomes with the hypothesis that high-volume surgeons will be associated with improved outcomes as compared to low-volume surgeons. The 2015-2019 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inpatient dataset was queried for esophagomyotomy. Surgeons who performed ≥ 10 procedures during the study period were placed into the high-volume cohort, and those performing < 10 into the low-volume cohort. Groups were compared by length of stay, discharge disposition, and postoperative complications. Patient demographics were evaluated using student's t test and chi square test, p < 0.05 considered significant. Six hundred and sixty-two procedures performed by 135 surgeons were identified. The mean number of esophagomyotomies per surgeon was 4.9 (Range 1-147). The high-volume group (n = 12) performed 362 of the 662 procedures (55%), while the low-volume group (n = 123) performed the remaining 300 (45%). Patients of high-volume physicians had decreased length of stay (1.4 ± 0.8 days vs 4.9 ± 6.7 days, p = 0.01) and were more likely to be discharged to home following surgery (92.8% vs 86.0, p = 0.04). High volume physicians also had statistically significant differences in rates of urinary tract infection (1.4% vs 4.0%, p = 0.034), postoperative malnutrition (5.8% vs 11.0%, p = 0.015), and postoperative fluid and electrolyte disorders (5.5% vs 13.3%, p < 0.0001). Surgeons who perform higher volumes of esophagomyotomies are associated with decreased length of stay, higher likelihood of patient discharge to home, and decreased rates of some postoperative complications. This research should prompt further inquiry into defining what constitutes a high-volume center in foregut surgery and their role in improving patient outcomes.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Many surgical disciplines have demonstrated superior outcomes when procedures are performed at "high-volume". Esophagomyotomy is commonly performed for achalasia, however it's unclear what constitutes "high-volume" for this procedure, and if individual procedure volume and outcome are related. We identified physicians performing esophagomyotomy, stratified them by individual case volume, and examined their outcomes with the hypothesis that high-volume surgeons will be associated with improved outcomes as compared to low-volume surgeons.
METHODS
The 2015-2019 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inpatient dataset was queried for esophagomyotomy. Surgeons who performed ≥ 10 procedures during the study period were placed into the high-volume cohort, and those performing < 10 into the low-volume cohort. Groups were compared by length of stay, discharge disposition, and postoperative complications. Patient demographics were evaluated using student's t test and chi square test, p < 0.05 considered significant.
RESULTS
Six hundred and sixty-two procedures performed by 135 surgeons were identified. The mean number of esophagomyotomies per surgeon was 4.9 (Range 1-147). The high-volume group (n = 12) performed 362 of the 662 procedures (55%), while the low-volume group (n = 123) performed the remaining 300 (45%). Patients of high-volume physicians had decreased length of stay (1.4 ± 0.8 days vs 4.9 ± 6.7 days, p = 0.01) and were more likely to be discharged to home following surgery (92.8% vs 86.0, p = 0.04). High volume physicians also had statistically significant differences in rates of urinary tract infection (1.4% vs 4.0%, p = 0.034), postoperative malnutrition (5.8% vs 11.0%, p = 0.015), and postoperative fluid and electrolyte disorders (5.5% vs 13.3%, p < 0.0001).
CONCLUSION
Surgeons who perform higher volumes of esophagomyotomies are associated with decreased length of stay, higher likelihood of patient discharge to home, and decreased rates of some postoperative complications. This research should prompt further inquiry into defining what constitutes a high-volume center in foregut surgery and their role in improving patient outcomes.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35257214
doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09169-y
pii: 10.1007/s00464-022-09169-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
8498-8502Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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