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Area of Science:

  • Vascular Surgery
  • Surgical Outcomes
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Limited existing literature on unplanned reoperation (UR) following vascular surgery.
  • Analysis of UR frequency and its association with adverse outcomes is crucial for improving patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the frequency of 30-day unplanned reoperations (URs) after vascular surgery.
  • To analyze the association between URs and adverse outcomes such as complications, readmissions, mortality, and failure to rescue (FTR).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (2012).
  • Analyzed UR rates and their correlation with complications, readmissions, mortality, and FTR using bivariate and multivariate statistical methods.

Main Results:

  • The overall UR rate was 10.1% among 35,106 patients, with 39.4% occurring after initial discharge.
  • URs were associated with significantly higher rates of complications (49.9% vs 19.9%), readmissions (41.8% vs 7.0%), and mortality (8.0% vs 2.5%).
  • Failure to rescue (FTR) was more likely in patients with URs (13.6% vs 9.3%), and UR independently increased mortality risk.

Conclusions:

  • Unplanned reoperations within 30 days are frequent in vascular surgery patients.
  • URs are significantly associated with worse patient outcomes, including increased mortality and failure to rescue.