Editor's Note
Overlapping, nonconcurrent surgery was not associated with an increase in serious unanticipated events in this study.
Of 61,525 surgical procedures performed over 1 year at a large academic medical center, a total of 8,391 patients had any overlap (beginning or end) and were matched on 11 variables.
Compared to no overlap, any overlap was not associated with an increase in:
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