2024
For whom the bell tolls: assessing the incremental costs associated with failure to rescue after elective colorectal surgery
Schultz K, Moore M, Pantel H, Mongiu A, Reddy V, Schneider E, Leeds I. For whom the bell tolls: assessing the incremental costs associated with failure to rescue after elective colorectal surgery. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2024, 28: 1812-1818. PMID: 39181234, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFailure-to-rescueMedian total hospital costTotal hospital costsColorectal surgeryNational Inpatient SampleUneventful recoveryRetrospective study of adult patientsFailure-to-rescue patientsAssociated with increased healthcare costsStudy of adult patientsElective colorectal resectionHospital costsElective colorectal surgeryNationally representative cohortColorectal resectionElective colectomyPostoperative complicationsRetrospective studyAdult patientsRescue attemptsMedical futilityElective surgeryRepresentative cohortHealthcare costsPrimary outcome
2010
Reconstruction of late‐onset transplant ureteral stricture disease
Helfand BT, Newman JP, Mongiu AK, Modi P, Meeks JJ, Gonzalez CM. Reconstruction of late‐onset transplant ureteral stricture disease. BJU International 2010, 107: 982-987. PMID: 20825404, DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09559.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant ureteral stricturesUreteral strictureGraft failureImmunosuppressive drug regimenKidney-pancreas transplantationStable allograft functionBaseline clinical characteristicsSerum creatinine levelsUrinary tract infectionLarge patient cohortUreteral stricture diseaseTime of reconstructionAllograft functionPostoperative complicationsRenal transplantationClinical characteristicsCreatinine levelsDrug regimenTract infectionsBalloon dilationMedian ageRepeat dilationStricture recurrenceSurgical managementOpen reconstruction