Comments on: Operative Time as a Marker of Quality in Bariatric Surgery

Does operative time (OT) matter and should it serve as a quality metric? Does shorter OT indicate superior and efficient surgical skills or does it contribute to less attention to detail and more mistakes? Does longer OT suggest a safe and considered approach, or inefficiency, poor skills, and inexperience? OT is the result of amalgamation of surgical skill, patient factors, case complexity, surgical trainee involvement, surgical team, equipment, and infrastructure. It is difficult to determine the exact magnitude of contribution of each factor to OT, but it is intuitive that a surgeon ’s technical skill has great impact on OT and outcome.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research