Annual colonoscopy volume and maintenance of competency for surgeons

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 2630 - 2635
• Main Authors: Pace, David, Borgaonkar, Mark, Evans, Brad, Marcoux, Curtis, Lougheed, Muna, Falk, Vanessa, Hickey, Nikita, O’Leary, Meghan, McGrath, Jerry, Boone, Darrel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Adenoma - diagnosis; Adenoma - surgery; Aged; Clinical Competence; Colonic Polyps - diagnosis; Colonic Polyps - surgery; Colonoscopy; Colonoscopy - standards; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery; Female; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - epidemiology; General Surgery; Gynecology; Hepatology; Humans; Intestinal Perforation - epidemiology; Logistic Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Newfoundland and Labrador; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Proctology; Quality; Retrospective Studies; Surgeons; Surgery; Tumors; Volume–outcome relationship; Colonoscopy; Quality
• ISSN: 0930-2794; 1432-2218
• DOI: 10.1007/s00464-016-5275-1

Introduction To determine whether the annual case volume of general surgeons (greater or less than 200 colonoscopies) is associated with quality outcomes. Methods This retrospective cohort study involved all adults who underwent colonoscopy by a surgeon in the city of St. John’s, NL, during the firs...