Volume of Procedures, Not Total Trauma, Improves Outcomes

Higher procedural volume predicts better trauma care outcomes.

  • High-volume trauma centers (3.7% mortality) significantly outperform low-volume centers (5.4%) on mortality, p<0.001.
  • Major complication rates are also lower in high-volume centers (3.1%) compared to low-volume (8.1%), p<0.001.

Surgeons should focus on procedural volume for better patient outcomes.

  • Centers grouped by total trauma volume showed the opposite trends for mortality and complications, indicating a need to revise trauma center verification criteria.

Journal Article by Joseph B, Castillo-Diaz F (…) Magnotti LJ et 2 al. in J Am Coll Surg

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