Quality-indicators of hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:
Aortic surgery (eg aneurysm, dilatation of the aorta), patient number
Diagnosis- or intervention-specific patient numbers (case numbers) per hospital for aortic surgery (eg aneurysm, dilatation of the aorta) are available for 46 hospitals in the current data year. These hospitals attended 2'341 patients in total. On average, this results in 51 patients with aortic surgery per hospital. 16 hospitals had less than 10 patients. The Inselspital Bern (part of Insel group) scored the highest case number (388 patients) in aortic 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.
Cleanliness is not respected at all. The cleaning staff is simply a disgrace and not worthy of a private clinic. Without my intervention, the toilet and the sink would have been cleaned with the same cloth.
About the surgery:
Aorta - intervention (surgeon: Dr. Hardy Schumacher)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Oct.2022, date of rating: 03.01.2023
Unnecessary long waiting times for medical examinations, or physicians are otherwise engaged and do not show up at all. Too many drugs after surgery, some of which are even unnecessary. Unfortunately you have to go back there again as you dont have the choice
About the surgery:
Aneurysma-surgery
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Nov.2018, date of rating: 24.05.2020
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
I had to go through an operation of abdominal aneurysm in this hospital. Was very satisfied.
About the surgery:
The surgery was not easy because my arteries are very calcified (thanks to 50 years of smoking). Nevertheless, the surgery was successfully completed and I am very grateful for the professional care. (surgeon: Dr. Zoltan Rancic)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jul.2015, date of rating: 02.01.2016
The data on this page was last updated on October 29, 2022.
4.5
3.9