2023
Impact of frailty on complications and length of stay after minimally invasive adrenalectomy surgery
Ahuja V, Gibson C, Machado N, King J. Impact of frailty on complications and length of stay after minimally invasive adrenalectomy surgery. Surgery 2023, 175: 336-341. PMID: 38049363, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.10.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrailty indexInvasive adrenalectomySurgical indicationsBenign diseaseMalignant diseaseMost adverse outcomesStay 2 daysImpact of frailtyThirty-day mortalityLength of stayRelationship of ageAdrenalectomy patientsAdrenalectomy proceduresAdrenalectomy surgeryElective adrenalectomyPerioperative outcomesAdrenal surgeryComplication rateOlder patientsAdrenal diseaseMedian lengthSurgical outcomesAdverse outcomesEndocrine disordersEndocrine diseases
2017
Are They Too Old for Surgery? Safety of Cholecystectomy in Superelderly Patients (≥ Age 90)
Irojah B, Bell T, Grim R, Martin J, Ahuja V. Are They Too Old for Surgery? Safety of Cholecystectomy in Superelderly Patients (≥ Age 90). The Permanente Journal 2017, 21: 16-013. PMID: 28488988, PMCID: PMC5424586, DOI: 10.7812/tpp/16-013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen cholecystectomySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseStudy periodSafety of cholecystectomyThirty-day mortalityImprovement Program databaseCommon general surgery proceduresAge 65 yearsGeneral surgery proceduresAge 90 yearsEmergent cholecystectomyLaparoscopic groupOverall mortalityEmergent proceduresMedian lengthElective proceduresOpen procedureProgram databaseRetrospective analysisSurgical proceduresCholecystectomyAmerican CollegePatients