2014
Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery: Is Assessing Differences in Mortality Enough?
Schneider EB, Ejaz A, Spolverato G, Hirose K, Makary MA, Wolfgang CL, Ahuja N, Weiss M, Pawlik TM. Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery: Is Assessing Differences in Mortality Enough? Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2014, 18: 2105-2115. PMID: 25297443, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2619-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHV hospitalsHV centersHospital volumeMajor complicationsLV centersBiliary surgeryHPB surgeryHospital patientsShorter median LOSMedian LOSComplex HPB surgeryHospital volume strataIncidence of complicationsPost-operative complicationsOverall mean ageHepato-PancreaticoLV hospitalsMedical comorbiditiesImpact of regionalizationMean ageBiliary proceduresHemorrhagic anemiaPatient outcomesIndex mortality
2013
Trends and Risk Factors for Transfusion in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
Lucas DJ, Schexneider KI, Weiss M, Wolfgang CL, Frank SM, Hirose K, Ahuja N, Makary M, Cameron JL, Pawlik TM. Trends and Risk Factors for Transfusion in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2013, 18: 719-728. PMID: 24323432, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2417-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of transfusionRisk factorsPerioperative transfusionPreoperative hematocritBlood transfusionHPB proceduresPublic Use FilePatient-level risk factorsAnesthesiologists class IVIncidence of transfusionPerioperative blood transfusionPatient-level factorsHigh-risk factorsPatient-specific factorsHepatopancreatobiliary proceduresTransfusion utilizationPreoperative albuminTransfusion rateASA classificationPancreatic resectionHPB surgeryHepatopancreatobiliary surgeryProcedure typeInclusion criteriaTransfusion