Surgeon Volume and Operative Mortality in the United States.

By R. Harbaugh. Neurosurgery, 2004

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European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients (2009, background): “It is unclear whether subspeciality training, centre volume and/or surgeon volume are equally important to determine the outcome [125], but for many procedures, the observed associations between hospital volume and operative mortality are largely mediated by surgeon volume [39].”
2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization. (2019, neutral): “provided evidence suggesting that both hospitals and surgeons have some impact on outcomes.(764) Several studies suggest that quality measures are more important than volume per se.”
Esophageal cancer. (2008, background): “less experienced surgeons, the mortality rate of esophageal resection may increase to above 20%.(28,29) The endoscopic treatment options for HGIN or early esophageal cancer include ablative therapies and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR).”
ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiov (2007, background): “In a follow-up report, the observed associations between hospital volume and operative mortality for many of these procedures were largely mediated by surgeon volume (139).”