Quality-indicators of hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:
Heart valve surgery, patient number
Diagnosis- or intervention-specific patient numbers (case numbers) per hospital for heart valve surgery are available for 28 hospitals in the current data year. These hospitals attended 5'173 patients in total. On average, this results in 185 patients with heart valve surgery per hospital. 11 hospitals had less than 10 patients. The Inselspital Bern (part of Insel group) scored the highest case number (987 patients) in heart valve surgery.
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Department: Acute care
About the indicator «Specific patient numbers»
Number of patients with a specific diagnosis or intervention (per calendar year).
Strengths:
High patient numbers with a specific diagnosis or intervention is a indicator for good knowledge and expertise. A hospital with high specific patient numbers has a lot of experience with different techniques of diagnosis and treatment (e.g. surgeries). Additionally, high specific patient numbers suggest that employees and technical equipment are up to date.
Limits:
Unfortunately, specific patient numbers are not available for all interventions. It is not sure that results are transferable to similar interventions. Also, the relationship between patient numbers and experience/competency is not linear. Especially with very high specific patient numbers the expertise and knowledge does not increase in equal measure.
on September 10 I got a biological heart valve - surgery went well, had no pain afterwards and good care. 19 years after that I now need to have second surgery. I'm 46 and have again decided to go to Bodensee clinic
Heart surgery (mitral valve reconstruction) by Prof Dr Dzemali. Very competent and friendly. The nursing staff was very friendly and competent as well. All in all, I felt very well looked after in the Triemli hospital.
About the surgery:
The minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction went well and according to the plan, the valve is impervious. After a rupture of the aorta, an emergency operation was performed and I was completely restored. In the meantime, I recovered quickly. (surgeon: Dr. Omer Dzemali)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Aug.2018, date of rating: 19.10.2018
Very satisfied! Good care by doctors and nurses. Would go there again.
About the surgery:
2014 heart surgery Aneurisma (Anuloaortal ectasia of the aorta ascendens) with heart valve replacement (Perimount aorta valve bio prosthesis): Surgery was very well prepared and carried out. no problems so far and full performance! (surgeon: Dr. Franz Leupi)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Mar.2014, date of rating: 15.04.2017
4.5
4.0