Johnston, Lily E

Surgeon, not institution, case volume is associated with limb outcomes after lower extremity bypass for critical limb ischemia in the Vascular Quality Initiative. [electronic resource] - Journal of vascular surgery 11 2017 - 1457-1463 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Observational Study

1097-6809

10.1016/j.jvs.2017.03.434 doi


Aged
Amputation, Surgical
Clinical Competence
Critical Illness
Databases, Factual
Female
Graft Occlusion, Vascular--etiology
Hospitals, High-Volume--standards
Hospitals, Low-Volume--standards
Humans
Intermittent Claudication--diagnosis
Ischemia--diagnosis
Limb Salvage
Linear Models
Lower Extremity--blood supply
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Peripheral Arterial Disease--diagnosis
Process Assessment, Health Care
Proportional Hazards Models
Quality Improvement
Quality Indicators, Health Care--standards
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Surgeons--standards
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Grafting--adverse effects
Vascular Patency
Workload--standards