How slow is too slow? Correlation of operative time to complications: an analysis from the Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative.

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The Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative analyzes NSQIP data from 21 participating hospitals. The Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative has reduced surgical complications, but causative factors are unclear. We sought to correlate surgical duration with complications to reveal mitigating strategies.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Am. Coll. Surg.

Title: Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1879-1190

ISSN (Print): 1072-7515

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2015

Volume: 220

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN. Electronic address: bdaley@mc.utmck.

[2 ] Tennessee Hospital Association, Brentwood, TN.

[3 ] University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN.

[4 ] Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

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Publisher Item ID: S1072-7515(15)00010-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.12.040

PubMed ID: 25728140

SO-VID: ef25e8d3-036e-4960-bade-143ab22ded18

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