See the List: RI Hospitals and Surgeons with Highest Complication Rates
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See the List: RI Hospitals and Surgeons with Highest Complication Rates
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Marshal Allen and Olga Pierce of ProPublica wrote of the national trends, “As would be expected, overall complication rates were relatively low, ranging from 2 percent to 4 percent, depending on the type of surgery. But experts who reviewed ProPublica’s results say they strongly suggest that the typical surgeon’s rate can and should be significantly lower. The evidence: Some 756 surgeons who each did at least 50 operations did not record a single complication in the five years covered by the analysis. Another 1,423 had only one.”
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See slides below to see what procedures resulted in complications at these hospitals
RI Hospitals, Surgeons with Highest Complication Rates During Routine Medicare Procedures
#8
Cervical Spinal Fusion
1 hospital in Rhode performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
0 had any surgeons with a high adjusted rate of complication.
#7
Prostate Resection
2 hospitals in Rhode Island performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
0 had any surgeons with a high adjusted rate of complication.
#6
Prostate Removal
2 hospitals in Rhode Island performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
0 had any surgeons with a high adjusted rate of complication.
#5
Gallbladder Removal
5 hospitals in Rhode Island performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
0 had any surgeons with a high adjusted rate of complication.
#4
Lumbar Spinal Fusion, Anterior
7 hospitals in Rhode Island performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
1 had at least one surgeon with a high adjusted rate of complication:
Roger Williams Medical Center
Prakash Sampath -- 33 times, 5% adjusted rate of complication
#3
Lumbar Spinal Fusion, Posterior
8 hospitals in Rhode Island performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
1 had at least one surgeon with a high adjusted rate of complication:
Roger Williams Medical Center
Prakash Sampath - 27 times, 5.1% adjusted rate of complications
#2
Hip Replacement
9 hospitals in Rhode Island performed this procedure on Medicare patients
1 had at least one surgeon with a high complication rate.
South County Hospital
David Burns - 56 procedures, 3.6% adjusted rate of complications
#1
Knee Replacement
9 hospitals in Rhode Island performed this procedure on Medicare patients
2 have at least one surgeon with a high complication rate.
1. South County Hospital
Ramin Tabaddor - 24 procedures, 3.1% adjusted rate of complications
2. Roger Williams Medical Center
Ira Singer -- 29 procedures, 3% adjusted rate of complications
