“Are we there yet?”- factors affecting postoperative follow-up after general surgery procedures

Background Surgical follow-up allows patients to discuss pathology and preventative maintenance. Multiple factors impact patients’ compliance with surgical follow-up. We hypothesized that increased travel time would be associated with lack of post-discharge surgical follow-up. Methods Retrospective analysis identified patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy or laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression...