ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie2021
Cancellation of elective surgery: rates, reasons and effect on patient satisfaction.
Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of efforts to predict day of surgery cancellation.European journal of anaesthesiology · 2026Pooled it
- Digital Health Support for Cataract Surgery With the Sharp Health Companion CareKit App: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
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- Mapping and optimization of a patient-centred care pathway for treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
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- Operations Research for Pediatric Elective Surgery Planning: Example of a Mathematical Model.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- All-cause cancellation of primary total shoulder arthroplasty at a single institution: prevalence, reasons and risk factors.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2026Article
- Unsupervised and explainable machine learning solutions for last-minute cancelations in pediatric ambulatory and day surgeries in Italy.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Article
- COVID-19 on Elective Surgery Outcomes in a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Enhancing surgical efficiency: predicting same-day cancellations in urologic procedures.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Breaking with tradition: perioperative care without fasting or medication changes for diabetic foot surgery.Die Anaesthesiologie · 2025Article
- The emotional toll of day-of-surgery cancellations on patients - a qualitative study using participant observation and interviews.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Preoperative Diabetes Management for Patients Undergoing Elective Surgeries at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2025Article
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- Cancellation of the more complicated ophthalmic inpatient surgeries in a tertiary general hospital: a 10-year retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Identifying Trauma Patients in Need for Emergency Surgery in the Prehospital Setting: The Prehospital Prediction of In-Hospital Emergency Treatment (PROPHET) Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Elective surgery cancellations in pediatric surgery: rate and reasons.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- 2023 Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society Statement on fasting for elective pediatric anesthesia.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Background: The cancellation of elective surgeries is a major problem that increases wait times, exacerbates costs and can negatively affect patients, both psychologically and physically. Our objectives were to investigate the reasons for cancellations across specialties at a single centre, to compare these reasons with previous data from the same centre between 2005 and 2009 and to examine how cancellations affected patients' lives and views of the medical system in cases when the cancellations were potentially preventable. Methods: Cancellation records of all elective surgeries scheduled between June 1, 2012, and Jan. 31, 2016, at a medium-sized, tertiary care, academic centre were retrospectively reviewed. We evaluated the rates and reasons for cancellation and interviewed a subset of patients whose surgery was cancelled for a potentially preventable reason (i.e., operating room running late, bed shortage, emergency case took place of scheduled surgery). Results: Across 11 surgical specialties, 2933 of 20 881 surgeries (14.0%) were cancelled and of these, 2448 (83.5%) were for administrative or structural reasons. Compared with the data collected previously for general, gynecological and urological procedures, cancellation rates increased from 8.1% to 11.8%. Although patients reported inconvenience, they were generally satisfied with the availability and the quality of the health care they received. Conclusion: Consistent with the previous study, our data suggest that most cancellations occur because of administrative or structural processes that are potentially preventable. Targeting these processes may help to reduce cancellations for elective surgeries and thereby improve economic efficiency and patient outcomes.
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