Postoperative complications represent a major public health burden worldwide. Without
standardized, clinically relevant and universally applied endpoints, the evaluation of surgical …

Importance Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite measure that captures the most desirable
surgical outcomes as a single indicator, yet to date TO has not been defined and assessed …

Background Textbook outcome (TO) is a multidimensional measure reflecting the ideal
outcome after surgery. As a benchmarking tool, it provides an objective overview of quality of …

Background: Textbook outcome (TO) is a multidimensional measure for quality assurance,
reflecting the “ideal” surgical outcome. Methods: Post-hoc analysis of patients who …

Objective: To define and test “Textbook Outcome”(TO)—a composite measure for healthcare
quality—among Medicare patients undergoing hepatopancreatic resections. Hospital …

Importance Composite measures may be superior to individual measures for the analysis of
hospital performance and quality of surgical care. Objective To determine the incidence of a …

Background Quality assurance is acknowledged as a crucial factor in the assessment of
oncological surgical care. The aim of this study was to develop a composite measure of …

Background Hospital mortality, readmission and length of stay (LOS) are commonly used
measures for quality of care. We aimed to disentangle the correlations between these …

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Introduction The objective of the current study was to comprehensively assess the change of
practice in hepatobiliary surgery by determining the rates and the trends of textbook …