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November 19, 2009Journal of the American College of Surgeons353 citations

General Surgical Operative Duration Is Associated with Increased Risk-Adjusted Infectious Complication Rates and Length of Hospital Stay

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LPLevi ProcterDDDaniel L. DavenportABAndrew C. Bernard

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Does operative duration increase infectious complication rates and length of hospital stay in general surgical patients?

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Population
General surgical patients
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Intervention
Operative duration
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Outcome
Infectious complication rates (ICs) and Length of Hospital Stay (LOS)hard clinical

Longer operative duration in general surgery is independently associated with increased infectious complications and length of stay.

Abstract

Operative duration is independently associated with increased ICs and LOS after adjustment for procedure and patient risk factors.

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Procter et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6c18a39aaaf0da5ab34a4https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.09.034
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