Long-term results of heart operations performed by surgeons-in-training.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:We investigated the association between trainees performing supervised operations and late outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data were prospectively collected on patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, aortic valve replacement, or a combination of these between 1998 and 2005 at the Maritime Heart Center, Halifax, Canada. In-hospital mortality and a composite outcome of in-hospital mortality, stroke, bleeding, intra-aortic balloon pump insertion, renal failure, and sternal infection was compared between teaching (n=1054) and nonteaching cases (n=5877). Late survival and cardiovascular hospital readmissions were also examined. To adjust for baseline risk disparities, we used logistic regression for dichotomous in-hospital outcomes and Cox proportional hazards regression for survival data. Resident cases were significantly more likely to have high-risk features such as depressed ventricular function, redo operation, and urgent or emergent procedure. Resident as primary operator was not independently associated with in-hospital mortality (OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.58; P=0.66) or with the composite outcome (OR, 1.01; 95%, CI 0.82 to 1.26; P=0.90). The Kaplan-Meier event-free survival of the 2 groups was equivalent at 1, 3, and 5 years (log-rank P=0.06). By Cox regression, resident cases were not associated with late death or cardiovascular rehospitalization (hazard ratio, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.94 to 1.17; P=0.42). CONCLUSIONS:Cases performed by senior-level cardiac surgery residents were more likely to have greater acuity and complexity than staff surgeon-performed cases. However, clinical outcomes were similar in the short- and long-term. Allowing residents to perform cardiac surgery is not associated with adverse patient outcomes.

journal_name

Circulation

journal_title

Circulation

authors

Stoica SC,Kalavrouziotis D,Martin BJ,Buth KJ,Hirsch GM,Sullivan JA,Baskett RJ

doi

10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.756379

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-09-30 00:00:00

pages

S1-6

issue

14 Suppl

eissn

0009-7322

issn

1524-4539

pii

118/14_suppl_1/S1

journal_volume

118

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