Surgical cancellation and changes in postoperative level of care among high and moderate risk surgical patients in the UK
Joanna K L Wong, Rosanna Sasson, Christopher Oddy, Pan-London Perioperative Audit and Research Network Committee, The REPACC Study Investigators · 2026
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Description
Why UK surgeries get called off is dug into by Joanna Wong, Rosanna Sasson, Christopher Oddy, and study groups in work dated 2026. Near six thousand high and mid risk patients from sixty-five sites fed the study. Just under a tenth had surgery called off. Free-text notes gave the reasons for both call-offs and shifts in care level after surgery.
Short supply drove most call-offs, with bed shortage the top cause. Most who had surgery got the planned care level. Clinical calls, not beds, drove most shifts up or down after the fact. Care-level steps were common after review.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joanna K L Wong, Rosanna Sasson, Christopher Oddy, Pan-London Perioperative Audit and Research Network Committee, The REPACC Study Investigators |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |