Key result
Major versus minor surgical classification persists across medicine despite ongoing categorization challenges.
Why the study?
The classification of operative procedures as major or minor surgery is often difficult and lacks accuracy, prompting debate about the use of these terms.
Can operative procedures be classified as 'major' or 'minor' with any degree of accuracy?
Design
Editorial discussion
Authors
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Questions accuracy of major/minor procedure labels; leaves open their role in risk stratification or trial design.
The paper discusses the utility and accuracy of classifying surgical procedures as major or minor.
Robert Grafton Small (1965) conducted an editorial in Surgical procedures. Classification of surgery as major or minor was evaluated. The classification of surgical procedures as major or minor remains firmly established in the medical profession despite difficulties in accurate categorization.
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