2022 Outcomes Report (Dr. Lohre)
One of the core values of our service is measurement and transparency. Thus, every year we review all surgical cases performed by physicians on our service and report these publicly for prospective and current patients to review as they wish. This is a short-term review as we perform longer-term analysis for publication and for cohort reporting for all patients separate from this report. By measuring outcomes, we can analyze our treatment in order to continually improve care.
Dr. Lohre’s outcomes data is collected and compiled by the clinical research coordinator for the service, utilizing the electronic medical records system of Massachusetts General Hospital as well as surgical billing data. Our methodology consists of a review of all operations performed during the calendar year on a case-by-case basis, with special consideration made to procedure type, patient past surgical history (primary vs. revision status), and any complications arising during or after an operation. This data was collected, aggregated, and independently analyzed by the research coordinator with no direct input from the attending physician. The final review was performed by the surgeon in order to check accuracy of procedures and outcomes.
2022 Surgical Overview
The following section will provide an overview of all cases done by Dr. Lohre in 2022. Importantly, procedures are not the same as total surgeries performed – one surgery may (and often does) include multiple procedures completed during the same operation. For example, a patient may undergo a shoulder arthroplasty and a biceps tendon tenodesis during the same surgery. These are recorded below as separate procedures, but as a single surgery.
- 59 procedures were performed on 35 patients by Dr. Lohre during the 2022 calendar year.
- Of these 59 procedures, 55 were primary procedures. A “primary” procedure refers to the first surgical intervention done for a patient’s condition. If Dr. Lohre performs a rotator cuff repair on a patient who has not had a repair done on that shoulder yet, this would be considered a primary surgery. 0 of these procedures were revisions of his own past cases (these revisions were performed in 2022, but the primary procedure was done at a prior time time). 4 of these procedures were revisions of procedures performed by other/outside surgeons
2022 Revision Descriptions
Of the 7% of Dr. Lohre’s 2022 cases that were revisions, the average interval between primary and revision surgery was about 8.6 years. The shortest interval was 503 days, and the longest interval was 226 months or about 19 years. These revision procedures are summarized below:
2022 revisions for outside surgeons
2022 Complications Overview
Of 59 patients operated on by Dr. Lohre in 2022, no patients reported experiencing a complication during or after surgery this year.