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View article: Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Outcomes in Pectus Excavatum Repair
Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Outcomes in Pectus Excavatum Repair Open
Importance Postoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis (PAP) is frequently used following pectus excavatum repair and accounts for the highest relative burden of potentially avoidable postoperative antibiotic days among pediatric general surgi…
View article: Challenges in reliable preoperative blood ordering: A qualitative interview study
Challenges in reliable preoperative blood ordering: A qualitative interview study Open
Background Presurgical blood orders are important for patient safety during surgery, but excess orders can be costly to patients and the healthcare system. We aimed to assess clinician perceptions on the presurgical blood ordering process …
View article: Within-hospital Temporal Clustering of Postoperative Complications and Implications for Safety Monitoring and Benchmarking Using ACS-NSQIP Data
Within-hospital Temporal Clustering of Postoperative Complications and Implications for Safety Monitoring and Benchmarking Using ACS-NSQIP Data Open
Objective: To determine the extent to which within-hospital temporal clustering of postoperative complications is observed in the American College of Surgeons, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP). Background: ACS-NSQI…
View article: Cost-Effectiveness of Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation
Cost-Effectiveness of Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation Open
Importance Delayed autotransplantation of cryopreserved parathyroid tissue (DACP) is the only surgical treatment for permanent postoperative hypoparathyroidism. Studies suggest that only a small minority of cryopreserved samples are ultima…
View article: The Accuracy of the NSQIP Universal Surgical Risk Calculator Compared to Operation-Specific Calculators
The Accuracy of the NSQIP Universal Surgical Risk Calculator Compared to Operation-Specific Calculators Open
Objective: To compare the performance of the ACS NSQIP “universal” risk calculator (N-RC) to operation-specific RCs. Background: Resources have been directed toward building operation-specific RCs because of an implicit belief that they wo…
View article: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Preoperative Multimodal Mobile Health Assessment in Spine Surgery Candidates
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Preoperative Multimodal Mobile Health Assessment in Spine Surgery Candidates Open
BACKGROUND: Rapid growth in smartphone use has expanded opportunities to use mobile health (mHealth) technology to collect real-time patient-reported and objective biometric data. These data may have important implication for personalized …
View article: Personalized Surgical Transfusion Risk Prediction: Reply
Personalized Surgical Transfusion Risk Prediction: Reply Open
We thank Burton et al.1 and Zapf et al.2 for their thoughtful comments on our research on personalized surgical transfusion risk prediction.3 Both letters raise important considerations regarding variable selection for predictive models in…
View article: Correlation Between Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery
Correlation Between Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery Open
Importance Use of postoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is common in pediatric surgery despite consensus guidelines recommending discontinuation following incision closure. The association between postoperative prophylaxis use and surgic…
View article: Personalized Surgical Transfusion Risk Prediction Using Machine Learning to Guide Preoperative Type and Screen Orders
Personalized Surgical Transfusion Risk Prediction Using Machine Learning to Guide Preoperative Type and Screen Orders Open
Background Accurate estimation of surgical transfusion risk is essential for efficient allocation of blood bank resources and for other aspects of anesthetic planning. This study hypothesized that a machine learning model incorporating bot…
View article: Surgical Outcomes in Canada and the United States: An Analysis of the ACS‐NSQIP Clinical Registry
Surgical Outcomes in Canada and the United States: An Analysis of the ACS‐NSQIP Clinical Registry Open
Background There has been longstanding uncertainty over whether lower healthcare spending in Canada might be associated with inferior outcomes for hospital‐based care. We hypothesized that mortality and surgical complication rates would be…
View article: Severe and Prolonged Hypocalcaemia Post Zoledronic Acid Infusion in a Patent with Sleeve Gastrectomy
Severe and Prolonged Hypocalcaemia Post Zoledronic Acid Infusion in a Patent with Sleeve Gastrectomy Open
Background: Zoledronic acid is commonly used to treat hypercalcaemia and osteoporosis, as well as to prevent skeletal complications from haematological and solid organ malignancies. Case presentation: We report the case of a 38 year old la…
View article: Reproducibility of Hospital Rankings Based on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Measures as a Function of Measure Reliability
Reproducibility of Hospital Rankings Based on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Measures as a Function of Measure Reliability Open
In this study, more reliable measures were not associated with lower rates of reclassifying hospitals using test-retest reliability testing. These findings suggest that measure reliability should not be assessed with test-retest reliabilit…
View article: Gamma Knife® radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia
Gamma Knife® radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia Open
Background: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) affects up to 0.3% of the population with pain often difficult to manage. It commonly affects patients over 50 years, and occurs more frequently in women. Treatment options include medical therapy, sur…
View article: Potentially Preventable Readmissions After Surgery
Potentially Preventable Readmissions After Surgery Open
Craig S. Brown, MD, MSc; John R. Montgomery, MD, MSc; Pooja U. Neiman, MD; Glenn K. Wakam, MD; Thomas C. Tsai, MD, MPH; Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH; John W. Scott, MD, MPH
View article: Administrative Data Are Unreliable for Ranking Hospital Performance Based on Serious Complications After Spine Fusion
Administrative Data Are Unreliable for Ranking Hospital Performance Based on Serious Complications After Spine Fusion Open
Study Design. Retrospective analysis of administrative billing data. Objective. To evaluate the extent to which a metric of serious complications determined from administrative data can reliably profile hospital performance in spine fusion…
P015 ILEOCOLIC RESECTION FOR CROHN’S DISEASE: CURRENT TRENDS FROM ANALYSIS OF 2 YEARS OF NSQIP IBD COLLABORATIVE DATA Open
Background Ileocolic resection (ICR) is performed for Crohn’s disease (CD) patients with terminal ileitis requiring surgery. Current National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data is lacking specificity around IBD surgery, incl…
View article: Does Comanagement of Patients With Hip Fracture Influence 30-Day Outcomes
Does Comanagement of Patients With Hip Fracture Influence 30-Day Outcomes Open
Introduction: Comanagement of hip fractures is thought to optimize outcomes for these high-risk patients, but this practice is not universal. We aimed to determine whether comanagement of patients with hip fracture affects 30-day outcomes.…
View article: The ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program—Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative: Design, Implementation, and Validation of a Disease-specific Module
The ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program—Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative: Design, Implementation, and Validation of a Disease-specific Module Open
Background Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves a complex interplay between disease, surgery, and medications, exposing patients to increased risk of postoperative complications. Surgical best practices have been largely b…
View article: Beyond death and graft survival—Variation in outcomes after kidney transplantation. Results from the NSQIP Transplant beta phase
Beyond death and graft survival—Variation in outcomes after kidney transplantation. Results from the NSQIP Transplant beta phase Open
The National Surgical Quality Program (NSQIP) Transplant was designed by transplant surgeons from the ground up to track posttransplant outcomes beyond basic recipient and graft survival. After an initial pilot phase, the program has expan…
View article: Beyond death and graft survival—Variation in outcomes after liver transplant. Results from the NSQIP transplant beta phase
Beyond death and graft survival—Variation in outcomes after liver transplant. Results from the NSQIP transplant beta phase Open
The National Surgical Quality Program (NSQIP) Transplant was designed by transplant surgeons from the ground up to track posttransplant outcomes beyond basic recipient and graft survival. After an initial pilot phase, the program has expan…
View article: New anthropometric classification scheme of preoperative nutritional status in children: a retrospective observational cohort study
New anthropometric classification scheme of preoperative nutritional status in children: a retrospective observational cohort study Open
Objective WHO uses anthropometric classification scheme of childhood acute and chronic malnutrition based on low body mass index (BMI) (‘wasting’) and height for age (‘stunting’), respectively. The goal of this study was to describe a nove…
View article: Leakage of an Invagination Pancreaticojejunostomy May Have an Influence on Mortality
Leakage of an Invagination Pancreaticojejunostomy May Have an Influence on Mortality Open
Purpose: No consensus exists regarding the most effective form of pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Methods: Data were gathered through the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvemen…
View article: Risk of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) following Colorectal Resection Is Higher in Patients With Disseminated Cancer: An NCCN Member Cohort Study
Risk of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) following Colorectal Resection Is Higher in Patients With Disseminated Cancer: An NCCN Member Cohort Study Open
BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs) following colorectal surgery (CRS) are among the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Reduction in colorectal SSI rates is an important goal for surgical quality improvement. OBJEC…
View article: Variation of Thyroidectomy-Specific Outcomes Among Hospitals and Their Association With Risk Adjustment and Hospital Performance
Variation of Thyroidectomy-Specific Outcomes Among Hospitals and Their Association With Risk Adjustment and Hospital Performance Open
Postoperative hypocalcemia and RLN injury, but not hematoma, potentially could be used as thyroidectomy-specific national hospital quality improvement metrics. Strategies aimed at reducing these complications after thyroidectomy may improv…