The pitfalls of inguinal herniorrhaphy: Surgeon volume matters

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 736-746

  Aquina, Christopher T ^a   Probst, Christian P ^a   Kelly, Kristin N ^a   Iannuzzi, James C ^a   Noyes, Katia ^a   Fleming, Fergal J ^a   Monson, John R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938949498     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.058     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. B. van den Heuvel, B.J. Dwars, D.R. Klassen, and H.J. Bonjer Is surgical repair of an asymptomatic groin hernia appropriate? A review Hernia 15 2011 251 259
2. R.J. Fitzgibbons Jr., B. Ramanan, S. Arya, S.A. Turner, X. Li, J.O. Gibbs, and et al. Long-term results of a randomized controlled trial of a nonoperative strategy (watchful waiting) for men with minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias Ann Surg 258 2013 508 515
3. H. Kehlet, M. Bay-Nielsen Danish Hernia Database C Nationwide quality improvement of groin hernia repair from the Danish Hernia Database of 87,840 patients from 1998 to 2005 Hernia 12 2008 1 7
4. A. Kingsnorth, and K. LeBlanc Hernias: inguinal and incisional Lancet 362 2003 1561 1571
5. J. Burcharth, H.C. Pommergaard, T. Bisgaard, and J. Rosenberg Patient-related risk factors for recurrence after inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies Surg Innov 22 2015 303 317
6. H.S. Luft, J.P. Bunker, and A.C. Enthoven Should operations be regionalized? The empirical relation between surgical volume and mortality N Engl J Med 301 1979 1364 1369
7. J.D. Birkmeyer, T.A. Stukel, A.E. Siewers, P.P. Goodney, D.E. Wennberg, and F.L. Lucas Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States N Engl J Med 349 2003 2117 2127
8. P. Nordin, and W. van der Linden Volume of procedures and risk of recurrence after repair of groin hernia: national register study BMJ 336 2008 934 937
9. S.H. Borenstein, T. To, A. Wajja, and J.C. Langer Effect of subspecialty training and volume on outcome after pediatric inguinal hernia repair J Pediatr Surg 40 2005 75 80
10. Y. El-Dhuwaib, D. Corless, C. Emmett, M. Deakin, and J. Slavin Laparoscopic versus open repair of inguinal hernia: a longitudinal cohort study Surg Endosc 27 2013 936 945
11. F. Saleh, A. Okrainec, N. D'Souza, J. Kwong, and T.D. Jackson Safety of laparoscopic and open approaches for repair of the unilateral primary inguinal hernia: an analysis of short-term outcomes Am J Surg 208 2014 195 201
12. J.M. Barnhart, J. Fang, and M.H. Alderman Differential use of coronary revascularization and hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction Arch Intern Med 163 2003 461 466
13. S.S. Saleh, M. Racz, and E. Hannan The effect of preoperative and hospital characteristics on costs for coronary artery bypass graft Ann Surg 249 2009 335 341
14. L.A. Neumayer, A.A. Gawande, J. Wang, A. Giobbie-Hurder, K.M. Itani, R.J. Fitzgibbons Jr., and et al. Proficiency of surgeons in inguinal hernia repair: effect of experience and age Ann Surg 242 2005 344 348 discussion 348-52
15. A. Elixhauser, C. Steiner, D.R. Harris, and R.M. Coffey Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data Med Care 36 1998 8 27
16. L. Neumayer, A. Giobbie-Hurder, O. Jonasson, R. Fitzgibbons Jr., D. Dunlop, J. Gibbs, and et al. Open mesh versus laparoscopic mesh repair of inguinal hernia N Engl J Med 350 2004 1819 1827
17. C.T. Aquina, K.N. Kelly, C.P. Probst, J.C. Iannuzzi, K. Noyes, H.N. Langstein, and et al. Surgeon volume plays a significant role in outcomes and cost following open incisional hernia repair J Gastrointest Surg 19 2015 100 110
18. S.C. Carter, S. Lipsitz, Y.C. Shih, P.L. Nguyen, Q.D. Trinh, and J.C. Hu Population-based determinants of radical prostatectomy operative time BJU Int 113 2014 E112 E118
19. A. Macario What does one minute of operating room time cost? J Clin Anesth 22 2010 233 236
20. K.B. Williams, I. Belyansky, K.T. Dacey, Y. Yurko, V.A. Augenstein, A.E. Lincourt, and et al. Impact of the establishment of a specialty hernia referral center Surg Innov 21 2014 572 579
21. K.B. Stitzenberg, E.R. Sigurdson, B.L. Egleston, R.B. Starkey, and N.J. Meropol Centralization of cancer surgery: implications for patient access to optimal care J Clin Oncol 27 2009 4671 4678
22. J.D. Birkmeyer, and J.B. Dimick Potential benefits of the new Leapfrog standards: effect of process and outcomes measures Surgery 135 2004 569 575
23. N.W. Scott, K. McCormack, P. Graham, P.M. Go, S.J. Ross, and A.M. Grant Open mesh versus non-mesh for repair of femoral and inguinal hernia Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2002 CD002197