Association of Surgeon Case Numbers of Pancreaticoduodenectomies vs Related Procedures With Patient Outcomes to Inform Volume-Based Credentialing

Importance

Despite growing interest from various surgical societies and patient safety organizations, concerns remain that volume-based credentialing standards are arbitrary and may fail to recognize a surgeon’s full scope of practice.

Objective

To evaluate whether surgeon experience with related procedures was associated with better outcomes for pancreaticoduodenectomy compared with procedure-specific experience alone....