The Influence of Surgeon Experience on Patient Selection and Outcomes After Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Growing calls for guidelines advocating minimum annual case volumes for surgeon credentialing remain controversial. Specifically, the impact of surgeon experience on procedure outcomes, such as open aortic repair (OAR), remains poorly understood. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the influence of surgeon experience on case selection and real-world outcomes after OAR.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - August 21, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Salvatore T. Scali, Dean J. Arnaoutakis, Thomas S. Huber, Kristina A. Giles, Richard J. Powell, Philip P. Goodney, Bjoern D. Suckow, Jeanwan Kang, Jesse A. Columbo, David H. Stone Tags: Abstract from the 2019 New England Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Source Type: research