Severe Complications Triplicate the Costs of Major Surgical Procedures
Completed
- Conditions
- Major Surgical Procedures
- Interventions
- Other: No additional intervention than the intended major surgery in pancreas, liver, colorectal, gastric bypass and small bowel
- Registration Number
- NCT00855387
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Zurich
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to prospectively assess the impact of surgical quality on the overall cost of major surgical procedures using the incidence and severity of complications as surrogate markers of quality.
- Detailed Description
To prospectively assess the impact of surgical quality on the overall cost of major surgical procedures using the incidence and severity of complications as surrogate markers of quality
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1235
Inclusion Criteria
- Undergoing major surgery (liver, bile duct, pancreas, colorectal, gastric bypass and small bowel resections)
Exclusion Criteria
- Missing data of in-hospital costs
- Mortality
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Costs No additional intervention than the intended major surgery in pancreas, liver, colorectal, gastric bypass and small bowel Patients collected consecutively for undergoing major surgical procedures(liver, bile duct, pancreas, small bowel, colo-rectal, gastric bypass resections).
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical outcome (complications) In-hospital Costs inhospital; peri-operative
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital of Zurich, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery
🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland