2020
Hospital variation in responses to safety warnings about power morcellation in hysterectomy
Xu X, Desai VB, Wright JD, Lin H, Schwartz PE, Gross CP. Hospital variation in responses to safety warnings about power morcellation in hysterectomy. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2020, 224: 589.e1-589.e13. PMID: 33359176, PMCID: PMC8180513, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealthcare DisparitiesHospitalsHumansHysterectomyIntraoperative ComplicationsLaparoscopyLogistic ModelsMiddle AgedMorcellationOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Retrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsLaparoscopic supracervical hysterectomyOpen abdominal hysterectomySupracervical hysterectomyPower morcellationAbdominal hysterectomySurgical complicationsMajor complicationsPatient clinical risk factorsNew York Statewide PlanningClinical risk factorsDistinct trajectory patternsState Ambulatory SurgeryState Inpatient DatabasesSafety warningsTrajectory groupsResearch Cooperative SystemLow useHigher useHysterectomy practiceMinor complicationsBenign hysterectomyBenign indicationsComplication riskHospital variationCorpus uteri
2018
Occult Gynecologic Cancer in Women Undergoing Hysterectomy or Myomectomy for Benign Indications
Desai VB, Wright JD, Schwartz PE, Jorgensen EM, Fan L, Litkouhi B, Lin H, Gross CP, Xu X. Occult Gynecologic Cancer in Women Undergoing Hysterectomy or Myomectomy for Benign Indications. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2018, 131: 642-651. PMID: 29528920, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000002521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorpus uteriCervix uteriOvarian malignancyBenign indicationsSurgical routeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramLaparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomySurgical Quality Improvement ProgramLaparoscopic supracervical hysterectomyPrimary outcome measureBeginning of surgeryLogistic regression analysisQuality Improvement ProgramTotal laparoscopicPatient agePatient characteristicsSupracervical hysterectomyVaginal hysterectomyGynecologic cancerUndetected malignancyOvarian cancerHysterectomyOutcome measuresAmerican College