Population
454 major vascular surgery procedures prospectively scored between 1995 and 2006
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30-day
Authors
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Supports V-POSSUM for longitudinal vascular surgery audits; extends validation to temporal risk-adjusted mortality trends but should not yet change practice.
V-POSSUM is a useful tool for the longitudinal assessment of surgical performance and risk-adjusted mortality in major vascular surgery.
Mosquera et al. (2008) studied this question.
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