Can We Improve Work Status after Surgery?

  • F. Boulay
  • P. David
  • N. Danchin
  • M. G. Bourassa
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Abstract

It has been shown quite conclusively that coronary artery bypass surgery decreases myocardial ischemia, improves the quality of life, and prolongs survival in selected subsets of patients (National Institutes of Health Consensus-Development Conference Statement 1981; CASS principal investigators and their associates 1983, p 939–950). Surprisingly however, bypass surgery has apparently not succeeded in returning more patients to gainful employment (Oberman et al. 1983; CASS principal investigators and their associates 1983, p 951–960). We investigated the work status of four subgroups of patients who underwent coronary surgery between September 1969 and March 1980. The objectives of these studies were: (1) to determine what percentage of patients return to work after operation; (2) to identify which patient characteristics appear to influence return to work, and (3) to compare the results obtained with and without a postoperative rehabilitation program. This information should enable us to develop policies to improve the percentage of patients returning to work after coronary bypass surgery.

Keywords

Bypass Surgery Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Constrictive Pericarditis Coronary Bypass Surgery Improve Work Status 
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  • F. Boulay
  • P. David
  • N. Danchin
  • M. G. Bourassa

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