Abstract:
:We explored whether there were large differences in operating room (OR) times for two common procedures performed by multiple surgeons at each of several hospitals thousands of miles apart. Mean OR time, "wheels in" to "wheels out," for ten consecutive cases of each of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy were obtained for each of ten hospitals in eight countries from their OR logs. After log transformation, the OR times were analyzed by analysis of variance. Mean OR times differed significantly among hospitals (P = 0.006, laparoscopic cholecystectomy; P < 0.001, lung lobectomy). The second longest average OR time was 50% longer than the second shortest average OR time for both laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy. Differences in OR times among the hospitals we studied were large enough to affect the productivity of OR nurses and anesthesia providers. Thus, international benchmarking studies to understand differences in OR times worldwide may be beneficial.
journal_name
J Anesthjournal_title
Journal of anesthesiaauthors
Dexter F,Davis M,Egger Halbeis CB,Marjamaa R,Marty J,McIntosh C,Nakata Y,Thenuwara KN,Sawa T,Vigoda Mdoi
10.1007/s00540-006-0419-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-01-01 00:00:00pages
319-22issue
4eissn
0913-8668issn
1438-8359journal_volume
20pub_type
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