Outcomes with overlapping surgery at a large academic medical center. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Outcomes with overlapping surgery at a large academic medical center. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Study
 
• Published February 2018

Outcomes with overlapping surgery at a large academic medical center.

Ponce BA, Wills BW, Hudson PW, et al. Ann Surg. 2018 Feb 1; [Epub ahead of print].

The practice of overlapping surgery has raised significant concerns about patient safety. This retrospective cohort study at a single academic medical center did not find evidence of worse outcomes among patients undergoing overlapping surgery across 13 surgical specialties.

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