2024
By Any Other Name: Bowel Dysfunction After Proctectomy for Cancer and Its Predictive Factors in Administrative Databases
Leeds I, Coppersmith N, Moore M, Saleh A, Cruickshank K, Pantel H, Reddy V, Mongiu A. By Any Other Name: Bowel Dysfunction After Proctectomy for Cancer and Its Predictive Factors in Administrative Databases. Journal Of Surgical Research 2024, 303: 342-351. PMID: 39413695, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.09.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBowel dysfunctionRehabilitation proceduresPredictive factorsCosts of healthcare utilizationAssociated with bowel dysfunctionPopulation-based studyNeoadjuvant chemotherapy administrationLow anterior resection syndromeLow anterior resectionAdministrative claims dataRetrospective cohort studyAnterior resection syndromePostoperative bowel dysfunctionHealthcare utilizationPoisson regressionDiagnostic codesFollowed surgeryChemoradiation therapyFollow-up costsMultiagent chemotherapyStatistically significant covariatesAnterior resectionClaims dataCohort studyIndependent predictors
2023
More problems, more money: Identifying and predicting high-cost rescue after colorectal surgery
Leeds I, Moore M, Schultz K, Canner J, Pantel H, Mongiu A, Reddy V, Schneider E. More problems, more money: Identifying and predicting high-cost rescue after colorectal surgery. Surgery Open Science 2023, 16: 148-154. PMID: 38026825, PMCID: PMC10656212, DOI: 10.1016/j.sopen.2023.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchColorectal surgeryElective surgeryMedian total inpatient costsAdditional major proceduresElective colorectal surgeryPreoperative clinical predictorsCongestive heart failureGreater healthcare utilizationMultivariable Poisson regressionNational Inpatient SampleTotal inpatient costsElective colectomyCost-conscious careAdult patientsUneventful recoveryClinical predictorsHeart failureHealthcare utilizationInpatient costsSecondary proceduresInpatient SampleHealthcare costsMedian increaseSurgeryPatients