surgical outcomes
These post-operative surveys are to track quality of care and patient outcomes while identifying potential gaps of care. The following results represent surgical cases of various sub-specialties performed by CE teams in the Dominican Republic in 2025.
orthopedic surgery
Response rate: 86%
Patients available to survey: 66/77
Are you able to do the things you had hoped post-operatively?
If you had the same problem again, would you repeat this surgery?
Do you have any signs or symptoms of infection?
ENT SurgerY
Response rate: 80%
Patients available to survey: 183/229
Post-surgery, my life is:
Did the patient have to go seek medical care during the first 2 weeks after surgery (not for suture removal)?
If you had to do this again would you get the surgery?
Did you have to seek medical care in the last 3 months?
I feel ___ since surgery (patients over 10 years old):
Post surgery, I catch colds:
Gynecology SurgerY
Response rate: 79%
Patients available to survey: 34/43
Did the surgery have the outcome you were expecting?
Did the surgery improve your quality of life in any of the following?
Did you see a health care provider after surgery and receive a diagnosis for infection of the surgical site?
Urology / pediatric urology surgery
Response rate: 100%
Patients available to survey: 16/16
Did you see a health care provider after surgery and receive a diagnosis for infection of the surgical site?
Did you see a health care provider after surgery and receive a diagnosis for any other significant complication?
TURPS surgery
Response rate: 78%
Patients available to survey: 7/9
Before your surgery did you require a catheter to empty your bladder?
What are you able to do now that you were not able to do before surgery?
After your surgery, have you been able to urinate without a catheter?