TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring patient preferences for infrainguinal bypass operation
AU - Schwarze, Margaret L.
AU - Sayla, Maliha A.
AU - Alexander, G. Caleb
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr Alexander was supported by the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and a Geriatric Academic Program Award from the National Institutes of Aging to the University of Chicago (K12AG00488). The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the article.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - BACKGROUND: Surgical risk and outcomes for patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass operation vary by identifiable patient characteristics, yet little is known about whether patients understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives to operation. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional surveys administered to 50 patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass operation at one institution an average of 7 days (median 4 days) before operations. RESULTS: Most patients rated their health as fair or poor (53%) or good (35%), and the majority reported their vascular disease was associated with difficulty doing activities they enjoyed (71%), leg pain (86%), and difficulty walking (98%). About one-half of patients (54%) thought they would require additional operations, 21% reported being at risk for postoperative myocardial infarction and 24% believed they would require a major amputation despite operations. Over two-thirds of patients (69%) believed their overall health would improve postoperatively, although more than four-fifths (80% to 86%) believed their ability to perform activities, leg pain, and walking would improve. Eighty-eight percent of patients reported willingness to have the operation even with a 10% postoperative mortality rate and 96% of patients reported a preference for operations if the chance of successful outcomes was only 75%. CONCLUSIONS: Although patients appear to be willing to undertake considerable postoperative risk, expectations for benefits from infrainguinal bypass operation appear greater than outcomes suggested by earlier research. These findings, if confirmed in larger studies, challenge how patient preferences should optimally be used to inform decisions about whether to undertake infrainguinal bypass operations. 2006 by the American College of Surgeons.
AB - BACKGROUND: Surgical risk and outcomes for patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass operation vary by identifiable patient characteristics, yet little is known about whether patients understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives to operation. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional surveys administered to 50 patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass operation at one institution an average of 7 days (median 4 days) before operations. RESULTS: Most patients rated their health as fair or poor (53%) or good (35%), and the majority reported their vascular disease was associated with difficulty doing activities they enjoyed (71%), leg pain (86%), and difficulty walking (98%). About one-half of patients (54%) thought they would require additional operations, 21% reported being at risk for postoperative myocardial infarction and 24% believed they would require a major amputation despite operations. Over two-thirds of patients (69%) believed their overall health would improve postoperatively, although more than four-fifths (80% to 86%) believed their ability to perform activities, leg pain, and walking would improve. Eighty-eight percent of patients reported willingness to have the operation even with a 10% postoperative mortality rate and 96% of patients reported a preference for operations if the chance of successful outcomes was only 75%. CONCLUSIONS: Although patients appear to be willing to undertake considerable postoperative risk, expectations for benefits from infrainguinal bypass operation appear greater than outcomes suggested by earlier research. These findings, if confirmed in larger studies, challenge how patient preferences should optimally be used to inform decisions about whether to undertake infrainguinal bypass operations. 2006 by the American College of Surgeons.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.11.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 16500249
AN - SCOPUS:33644827822
SN - 1072-7515
VL - 202
SP - 445
EP - 452
JO - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
JF - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
IS - 3
ER -