Audit of adverse outcome might allow identification of substandard surgical results. To test this hypothesis statistical modelling was applied to two indicator vascular procedures (elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and carotid endarterectomy) with accepted adverse event rates.
Departments of Vascular Surgery and Centre for Education and Research on Ageing of the University of Sydney, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
