2020
Pandemic Recovery Using a COVID-Minimal Cancer Surgery Pathway
Boffa DJ, Judson BL, Billingsley KG, Galetta D, Fontanez P, Odermatt C, Lindner K, Mitchell MR, Henderson CM, Carafeno T, Pinto J, Wagner J, Ancuta M, Beley P, Turner AL, Banack T, Laurans MS, Johnson DC, Yoo P, Morton JM, Zurich H, Davis K, Ahuja N. Pandemic Recovery Using a COVID-Minimal Cancer Surgery Pathway. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 718-724. PMID: 32417195, PMCID: PMC7227551, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgery pathwayHospital-acquired COVID-19 infectionLarge academic medical centerCOVID-19 patientsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicCOVID-19 infectionPatient care pathwayAcademic medical centerDisease 2019 pandemicHealth care deliveryOnly surgerySurgery populationElective surgeryPatient survivalRisk of exposureProtection of patientsCare pathwayNosocomial infectionsMedical CenterCare deliverySurgical activityHospitalPatientsSurgeryMost hospitals
2014
Is Minimally Invasive Colon Resection Better Than Traditional Approaches?: First Comprehensive National Examination With Propensity Score Matching
Juo YY, Hyder O, Haider AH, Camp M, Lidor A, Ahuja N. Is Minimally Invasive Colon Resection Better Than Traditional Approaches?: First Comprehensive National Examination With Propensity Score Matching. JAMA Surgery 2014, 149: 177-184. PMID: 24352653, PMCID: PMC4036435, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3660.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedColectomyColonic DiseasesElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHospital MortalityHumansLaparoscopyLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPropensity ScoreRegistriesRoboticsUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsRoutine discharge ratesLaparoscopic colectomyOpen colectomyOstomy ratesColon resectionHospital mortalityComplication rateClinical outcomesUS Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseInvasive colon resectionPatients 21 yearsUS hospital dischargesShorter median lengthFavorable clinical outcomeLow complication rateLength of stayMost clinical outcomesOverall hospitalization costsLower mortality rateElective colectomyPerioperative outcomesDischarge dispositionHospital dischargeHospitalization costs