Which Volume Matters More? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Hospital vs Surgeon Volume in Intra-Abdominal Emergency Surgery

J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Mar 1;238(3):332-346. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000913. Epub 2023 Nov 22.

Authors

Wardah Rafaqat¹, Emanuele Lagazzi¹, Hamzah Jehanzeb², May Abiad¹, John O Hwabejire¹, Jonathan J Parks¹, Haytham M Kaafarani¹, Michael P DeWane¹

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Rafaqat, Lagazzi, Abiad, Hwabejire, Parks, Kaafarani, DeWane).
² Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (Jehanzeb).

PMID: 37991251
DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000913

No abstract available

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Abdomen / surgery
Emergencies
Hospitals, High-Volume / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Surgeons* / statistics & numerical data