Background Organizational factors may influence surgical outcomes, regardless of
extensively studied factors such as patient preoperative risk and surgical complexity. This …

Objective: To compare clinical outcomes of patients treated by female surgeons versus
those treated by male surgeons. Summary Background Data: It remains unclear as to …

Abstract Background European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) is the
European community of clinicians providing care to the injured and critically ill surgical …

Perioperative harm is frequent. Although surgery has traditionally been identified as a
source of unavoidable deaths and medical errors, recent studies have proved that …

Problem definition Given the enormous disruptions and costs of occupational injuries,
companies and buyers are increasingly looking to voluntary occupational health and safety …

Background: The impact of quality improvement initiatives program (QIP) on coronary artery
bypass grafting surgery (CABG) remains scarce, despite improved outcomes in other …

Methods: The authors made use of the LAParotomy or LAParoscopy and ADhesiolysis
(LAPAD) study database of elective abdominal surgery. Detailed descriptions on iAEs were …

Abstract Two landmark reports,“To Err Is Human” and “Crossing the Quality Chasm,”
released by the Institute of Medicine in the early 2000s, estimated that between 44,000 and …

Objective Cardiac surgeons experience unpredictable overnight operative responsibilities,
with variable rest before same-day, first-start scheduled cases. This study evaluated the …

Children are vulnerable to medical errors. Adverse events are leveraged as educational
tools in Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Conference. Traditionally, M&M has brought angst …