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American Journal of Medical Quality
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Assessment of Quality of Care in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Mohan C. Airan, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.M.Q.

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

S.T. Ko, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.(C)

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

With the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, assessment of data and its relationship to quality of care became important. The Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center conducted a prospective survey in conjunction with the Society of American Gastroin testinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) National Sur vey. In this survey, only two surgeons operated as surgeon and co-surgeon with an extremely small rate of complication. A national survey of chairpersons in surgery was designed at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, and 4300 chairpersons were mailed questionnaires to record complications of laparo scopic cholecystectomy. There were 36,232 patients and 3111 surgeons in the survey. The Southern Sur geons Club experience, as reported in New England Journal of Medicine, was reviewed. Because of the complexity of understanding the implications of the survey results, the authors have arrived at a simpli fied system of evaluating quality of care in laparo scopic cholecystectomy. In this system only three con siderations are taken into account: (a) elective con versions to standard operation, (b) forced conversions (due to iatrogenic injuries), and (c) reoperation rate (delayed complication). It is hoped that data collection will be simplified and more meaningful.

American Journal of Medical Quality, Vol. 7, No. 3, 85-87 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0885713X9200700305
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