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JULY 11, 2023

Surgeon–Anesthesiologist Familiarity May Improve Patient Outcomes

By Michael Vlessides

BOSTON—New research has found a significant association derived from familiarity between the surgeon–anesthesiologist dyad and patient outcomes after complex adult gastrointestinal cancer surgery.

Indeed, the study concluded that for each additional time that a unique surgeon–anesthesiologist dyad worked together, the odds of 90-day major morbidity decreased by 5%, a finding the investigators said suggests increasing the familiarity of