Surgeon Volume in Parathyroid Surgery-Surgical Efficiency, Outcomes, and Utilization

Charles Meltzer; Marc Klau; Deepak Gurushanthaiah; Joanne Tsai; Di Meng; Linda Radler; Alvina Sundang

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2017.0124

Surgeon Volume in Parathyroid Surgery-Surgical Efficiency, Outcomes, and Utilization

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Aug 1;143(8):843-847. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2017.0124.

Authors

Charles Meltzer¹, Marc Klau², Deepak Gurushanthaiah³, Joanne Tsai⁴, Di Meng⁴, Linda Radler⁵, Alvina Sundang⁵

Affiliations

¹ The Permanente Medical Group, Santa Rosa, California.
² Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Anaheim, California.
³ The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California.
⁴ HIT Transformation and Analytics, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California.
⁵ The Permanente Federation, Oakland, California.

Abstract

This study examines the association between surgeon volume and 30-day rates of complications, mortality, and postdischarge utilization among patients undergoing parathyroidectomy.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Parathyroid Glands / surgery*
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies
Surgeons / statistics & numerical data*
Thyroidectomy / statistics & numerical data*
Treatment Outcome
United States