Key result
Proposed surgical survival formula links patient outcomes to science, education, implementation, and non-technical skills.
Why the study?
A high global variation in post-operative mortality exists after both elective and emergency surgery, despite surgeons' efforts to ensure safe and high-quality care.
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Does not yet support changes to surgical practice; leaves open empirical evaluation of the proposed formula.
Kjetil Søreide (2023) conducted an editorial in Surgical outcomes and patient safety. Formula for survival in surgery (conceptual framework) was evaluated. A conceptual 'formula for survival in surgery' is proposed, emphasizing that optimal patient outcomes depend on the multiplicative effects of surgical science, education, local implementation, and non-technical skills.
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