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Department of Medicine and Surgery, Vascular Surgery Unit, School of Medicine, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy

Biography

He is currently working as a Assistant Professor at Department of Medicine and Surgery, research focus includes study identifies a three-phases learning curve for pVA creation. Although this procedure is safe and offers acceptable results even in the initial phase of the curve, 25 cases are necessary to reach complete training and 15 more procedures to achieve expert phase.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Prosthetic Vascular Access Creation: Learning Curve Analysis
  Author(s): Franchin M*, Tozzi M, Mozzetta G, Cervarolo MC, Nahal E, Carcano G and Piffaretti G*
  
  Aim: In the present study, we analysed the learning curve of prosthetic vascular access creation. Materials and methods: The first 50 consecutive prosthetic vascular access created by a single experienced vascular surgeon was included in this study. Primary outcomes were operative time, intervention-free access survival and functional access survival. Additional outcomes were complications of the intervention. We used the cumulative sum technique to assess the learning curve. Results: The analysis of the learning curve obtained with cumulative sum technique on operative time, interventionfree survival and functional access survival permitted to define three phases: learning (first 25 patients), expertise (following 15 patients).. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9495.19.7.230

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