2015
Parathyroid surgery can be safely performed in a community hospital by experienced parathyroid surgeons: A retrospective cohort study
Neychev V, Ghanem M, Blackwood S, Han P, Fazeli R, Schneider E, Najafian A, Bloch D, Bard M, Klarsfeld J, Zeiger M, Lipton R. Parathyroid surgery can be safely performed in a community hospital by experienced parathyroid surgeons: A retrospective cohort study. International Journal Of Surgery 2015, 27: 72-76. PMID: 26607852, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.11.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParathyroid surgeryParathyroid surgeonCommunity hospitalComplication rateEndocrine surgeonsCommunity-based hospital settingLow-volume community hospitalHigh-quality surgical careHigh-volume academic centersRetrospective cohort studyComparable cure ratesExperienced parathyroid surgeonDouble adenomasLocalizing studiesCohort studyPatient characteristicsPathological findingsCure rateExcellent outcomesEndocrine surgeryInclusion criteriaSurgical careHospital settingGroup 2Group 1
2014
Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery: Is Assessing Differences in Mortality Enough?
Schneider EB, Ejaz A, Spolverato G, Hirose K, Makary MA, Wolfgang CL, Ahuja N, Weiss M, Pawlik TM. Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery: Is Assessing Differences in Mortality Enough? Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2014, 18: 2105-2115. PMID: 25297443, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2619-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHV hospitalsHV centersHospital volumeMajor complicationsLV centersBiliary surgeryHPB surgeryHospital patientsShorter median LOSMedian LOSComplex HPB surgeryHospital volume strataIncidence of complicationsPost-operative complicationsOverall mean ageHepato-PancreaticoLV hospitalsMedical comorbiditiesImpact of regionalizationMean ageBiliary proceduresHemorrhagic anemiaPatient outcomesIndex mortality