Severe Complications Triplicate the Costs of Major Surgical Procedures

Major Surgical Procedures Clinical Trial

Official title:

Surgical Complications Dramatically Influence Overall Cost of Major Surgical Procedures

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00855387
• Other study ID #: StV 5-2009
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 3, 2009
• Last updated: November 25, 2009
• Start date: March 2009
• Est. completion date: November 2009

Study information

• Verified date: November 2009
• Source: University of Zurich
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to prospectively assess the impact of surgical quality on the overall cost of major surgical procedures using the incidence and severity of complications as surrogate markers of quality.

Description:

To prospectively assess the impact of surgical quality on the overall cost of major surgical procedures using the incidence and severity of complications as surrogate markers of quality

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1235
• Est. completion date: November 2009
• Est. primary completion date: September 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Undergoing major surgery (liver, bile duct, pancreas, colorectal, gastric bypass and small bowel resections)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Missing data of in-hospital costs

• Mortality

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Major Surgical Procedures

Intervention

Other:
• No additional intervention than the intended major surgery in pancreas, liver, colorectal, gastric bypass and small bowel
No additional intervention than the intended major surgery (liver, bile duct, pancreas, colorectal, gastric bypass and small bowel resections) comparing with costs

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University Hospital of Zurich, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery	Zurich

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Zurich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Clinical outcome (complications) In-hospital Costs		inhospital; peri-operative	Yes