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Evaluating Surgeon-Specific Performance for Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Author(s) -
Luke Rudmik,
Yuan Xu,
Jeremiah A. Alt,
Adam S. DeConde,
Timothy L. Smith,
Rodney J. Schlosser,
Hude Quan,
Zachary M. Soler
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 2168-619X
pISSN - 2168-6181
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoto.2017.0752
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic sinus surgery , logistic regression , chronic rhinosinusitis , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , surgery , population , general surgery , environmental health
Several identified factors have raised questions concerning the quality of care for endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), including the presence of large geographic variation in the rates and extent of surgery, poorly defined indications, and lack of ESS-specific quality metrics. Combined with the risk of major complications, ESS represents a high-value target for quality improvement.

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