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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 8/2015

01-08-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Relative Risk of Prolonged Operative Times From Inconsistent Surgical Teams

Author: Franklin Dexter

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 8/2015

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Xiao et al. studied associations between heterogeneous teams of a surgeon, an operating room nurse, and a surgical technologist and several outcomes, including “prolonged operative time (in the longest quartile)” [1]. “Inconsistent teams were associated with” greater odds of “prolonged operative time [1.52, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.20–1.91].” …
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Xiao Y, Jones A, Zhang B et al (2015) Team consistency and occurrences of prolonged operative time, prolonged hospital stay, and hospital readmission: a retrospective analysis. World J Surg. doi:10.​1007/​s00268-014-2866-7
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Prasad K, Jaeschke R, Wyer P et al (1998) Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: understanding odds ratios and their relationship to risk ratios. J Gen Intern Med 23:635–640CrossRef
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Zhang J, Yu KF (1998) What’s the relative risk? A method of correcting the odds ratio in cohort studies of common outcomes. JAMA 280:1690–1691PubMedCrossRef
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Metadata
Title
Relative Risk of Prolonged Operative Times From Inconsistent Surgical Teams
Author
Franklin Dexter
Publication date
01-08-2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-2989-5

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