What Is the Role of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program's Risk Calculator in Fracture Surgery?

Key Points

• The main aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of the ACS-NSQIP Risk Calculator in predicting complications from distal radius fracture surgery.
• Assessment of ACS-NSQIP applicability to hand-related complications in fracture surgery
• Comparison of predicted vs. actual outcomes
• Evaluation from quality control and health policy perspectives
• ACS-NSQIP Risk Calculator does not accurately predict hand-related complications
• Recommendations for cautious application in clinical practice
• Implicates need for improved risk assessment tools in fracture surgery