Complications Within 6 Months After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: Registry-Based Evaluation According to a Core Event Set and Severity Grading.

Purpose: To report complications after arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs (ARCRs) in a large patient cohort based on clinical application of a newly defined core event set (CES) and severity grading.

Methods: Consecutive primary ARCRs documented in a local clinical registry between February 2010 and September 2016 were included. Clinicians documented adverse events (AEs) reported until the final, 6-month postoperative follow-up according to the CES.

The effect of a checklist on the quality of patient handover from the operating room to the intensive care unit: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Handover of patient care is a potential safety risk for the patient due to loss of information which may result in adverse outcome. We hypothesized that a checklist for handover from the operating room (OR) to the intensive care unit (ICU) will lead to an increase of quality regarding information transfer compared with a nonstandardized handover procedure.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted as a prospective, randomized trial in a university hospital.