Familiarity between anaesthetist and surgeon breeds better outcomes, JAMA Surgery study finds
For some surgeries, having a surgeon and anaesthetist who have worked together before may improve morbidity.
The odds of a patient undergoing surgery avoiding morbidity after 90 days seem to increase with the amount of time the surgeon and the anaesthetist had previously worked together – but it depends on the procedure.
According to Canadian researchers, familiarity between the two was associated with better outcomes in spinal, gynaecological oncology, and low- and high-risk gastrointestinal surgeries.
