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 increaseSurgeryPatientsDirect stick embolization of a rectal venous malformation via transanal minimally invasive surgery
Bitar R, Ayoade O, Yekula A, Reddy V, Pantel H, Nassiri N. Direct stick embolization of a rectal venous malformation via transanal minimally invasive surgery. Journal Of Vascular Surgery Cases And Innovative Techniques 2023, 9: 101124. PMID: 37427040, PMCID: PMC10323409, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2023.101124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRectal venous malformationsVenous malformationsInvasive surgeryElevated D-dimer levelsD-dimer levelsRare clinical entityLocalized intravascular coagulopathyComputed tomography urographyMagnetic resonance imagingPostembolization syndromeIntravascular coagulopathyPostoperative recoveryRectal massInterventional managementClinical entityTomography urographyVascular anomaliesRare caseResonance imagingSurgeryTAMISTargeted strategiesComplicationsEmbolizationMalformations
2016
Should We Use the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) to Predict Mortality After Colorectal Surgery?
Pantel HJ, Stensland KD, Nelson J, Francone TD, Roberts PL, Marcello PW, Read T, Ricciardi R. Should We Use the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) to Predict Mortality After Colorectal Surgery? Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2016, 20: 1511-1516. PMID: 27216407, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-016-3167-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseasePostoperative mortality riskColorectal operationsLiver diseaseColorectal surgeryMortality riskNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseCurrent risk prediction modelsMajor colorectal operationsImprovement Program databaseRisk prediction modelProgram databaseAscitesPatientsMortality rateSurgeryMortalityDiseaseRiskDaysCohort