Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
The Association Between Surgeon–Anesthesiologist Dyad Familiarity and Operative Mortality: A Retrospective Study at a Large Academic Cardiac Surgery Program
Main finding · Operative mortalityResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 1.90 95% CI 1.29–2.81Authors' conclusion
Increased surgeon-anesthesiologist familiarity was associated with lower operative mortality and improved outcomes in cardiac surgery, highlighting the importance of consistent team collaboration.
Study context
- Population
- Cardiac surgery cases at a large academic medical center, July 2011 to January 2024481 unique dyads
- Participants
- 16,811 cases
- Exposure
- Lowest- vs highest-familiarity surgeon–anesthesiologist dyads
- Outcome
- Operative mortality (death before discharge or within 30 days post-procedure)
Methodological detailssingle-centre, logistic mixed-effects model
- Single-centre
- Logistic mixed-effects model
Main finding
Operative mortality
Odds ratio
1.90
95% CI 1.29–2.81
P = 0.001
Lowest-familiarity dyads vs Highest-familiarity dyads
OR 1.90 (95% CI 1.29–2.81); P = 0.001
As reported in the abstract
- Higher dyad familiarity associated with significantly lower operative mortality, entire cohort
- P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
- Reduced rates of several adverse outcomes with higher-familiarity dyads
- Deep sternal wound infection showed no association with dyad familiarity
Original publication
The Association Between Surgeon–Anesthesiologist Dyad Familiarity and Operative Mortality: A Retrospective Study at a Large Academic Cardiac Surgery Program. Anesth Analg. Published 1 October 2025. doi:10.
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