TY - JOUR
T1 - Parathyroid surgery can be safely performed in a community hospital by experienced parathyroid surgeons
T2 - A retrospective cohort study
AU - Neychev, Vladimir K.
AU - Ghanem, Maher
AU - Blackwood, Stuart L.
AU - Aragon Han, Patricia
AU - Fazeli, Roghayeh
AU - Schneider, Eric
AU - Najafian, Alireza
AU - Bloch, Dov C.
AU - Bard, Michael C.
AU - Klarsfeld, Jay H.
AU - Zeiger, Martha A.
AU - Lipton, Richard J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Background: There is ongoing debate about the effectiveness and safety of performing parathyroid surgery in low-volume community hospitals. Study design/methods: Cases performed at community hospital by a group of 4 parathyroid surgeons (group 1) were reviewed. Cure and complication rates were analyzed in light of outcomes of an expert endocrine surgeon from high-volume academic center (group 2) as point of reference. Results: During the respective time periods, 204 patients met inclusion criteria in group1 and 218 patients in group 2. Patient characteristics, biochemical tests, and performed localizing studies (ultrasound and sestamibi scan) were comparable between the two groups. Pathological findings, including adenoma, double adenoma, hyperplasia, and cancer were comparable. Each had comparable cure rates (97% and 99%) (p < 0.18) and complication rates (1% and 1%) (p < 0.93) for group 1 and 2, respectively. Conclusion: Our results showed that experienced parathyroid surgeons will achieve comparable excellent outcomes of parathyroid surgery at both community and academic-based centers. As the field of endocrine surgery evolves and matures, producing young fellowship-trained endocrine surgeons, there will be growing need for expanding the niche of endocrine surgery into community-based hospital settings, which eventually will contribute to expanding and equalizing access to high-quality surgical care across urban and rural areas.
AB - Background: There is ongoing debate about the effectiveness and safety of performing parathyroid surgery in low-volume community hospitals. Study design/methods: Cases performed at community hospital by a group of 4 parathyroid surgeons (group 1) were reviewed. Cure and complication rates were analyzed in light of outcomes of an expert endocrine surgeon from high-volume academic center (group 2) as point of reference. Results: During the respective time periods, 204 patients met inclusion criteria in group1 and 218 patients in group 2. Patient characteristics, biochemical tests, and performed localizing studies (ultrasound and sestamibi scan) were comparable between the two groups. Pathological findings, including adenoma, double adenoma, hyperplasia, and cancer were comparable. Each had comparable cure rates (97% and 99%) (p < 0.18) and complication rates (1% and 1%) (p < 0.93) for group 1 and 2, respectively. Conclusion: Our results showed that experienced parathyroid surgeons will achieve comparable excellent outcomes of parathyroid surgery at both community and academic-based centers. As the field of endocrine surgery evolves and matures, producing young fellowship-trained endocrine surgeons, there will be growing need for expanding the niche of endocrine surgery into community-based hospital settings, which eventually will contribute to expanding and equalizing access to high-quality surgical care across urban and rural areas.
KW - Community hospitals
KW - Experienced parathyroid surgeons
KW - Parathyroid surgery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.11.026
DO - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.11.026
M3 - Article
C2 - 26607852
AN - SCOPUS:84960103612
SN - 1743-9191
VL - 27
SP - 72
EP - 76
JO - International Journal of Surgery
JF - International Journal of Surgery
ER -