Do Textbook Outcome and Failure to Rescue provide added value as standardized metrics to evaluate surgical quality in elective juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair?
Textbook Outcome and Failure to Rescue show promise as standardized metrics for evaluating surgical quality in elective juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, but require further validation and standardized definitions.
TO and FTR show future promise as standardised metrics to evaluate surgical quality in JRAAA repair. Their added value is conceptual and requires further validation. Registry differences and incomplete data remain limitations. Implementing key variables with standardised definitions will enable benchmarking and support international quality improvement.
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