D'Souza, N;
Hashimoto, DA;
Gurusamy, K;
Aggarwal, R;
(2016)
Comparative Outcomes of Resident vs Attending Performed Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal of Surgical Education
, 73
(3)
pp. 391-399.
10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.01.002.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether outcomes are different when surgery is performed by resident or attending surgeons, and which variables may affect outcomes. DESIGN: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception to May 2014 alongside the bibliographies of all included or relevant studies. Any study comparing outcomes from surgery performed by resident vs attending surgeons was eligible for inclusion. The main outcome measures were surgical complications (classified by Clavien-Dindo grade), death, operative time, and length of stay. Data were extracted independently by 2 authors and analyzed using the random-effects model. RESULTS: The final analysis included 182 eligible studies that enrolled 141 555 patients. Resident performed surgery took longer by 10.2 minutes (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.38-11.95), and had more Clavien-Dindo grade 1 (rate ratio = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.02-1.29) and grade 3a complications (rate ratio = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.04-1.44). Resident performed surgery resulted in fewer deaths (risk ratio = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.70-0.999) with a shorter length of stay of -0.49 days (95% CI: -0.77 to -0.21). Significant heterogeneity was present in 7 of 10 outcomes, which persisted during multiple subgroup analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Resident performed surgery appears to be safe in carefully selected patients. The significant amount of heterogeneity present in the study outcomes prevents generalizability of these results to specific clinical contexts.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Comparative Outcomes of Resident vs Attending Performed Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.01.002 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.01.002 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. This manuscript is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Systems-Based Practice, patient safety, professional competence, surgical education, surgical procedures, treatment outcomes |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Surgical Biotechnology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477059 |
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