2024
EAES/SAGES evidence-based recommendations and expert consensus on optimization of perioperative care in older adults
Keller D, Curtis N, Burt H, Ammirati C, Collings A, Polk H, Carrano F, Antoniou S, Hanna N, Piotet L, Hill S, Cuijpers A, Tejedor P, Milone M, Andriopoulou E, Kontovounisios C, Leeds I, Awad Z, Barber M, Al-Mansour M, Nassif G, West M, Pryor A, Carli F, Demartines N, Bouvy N, Passera R, Arezzo A, Francis N. EAES/SAGES evidence-based recommendations and expert consensus on optimization of perioperative care in older adults. Surgical Endoscopy 2024, 38: 4104-4126. PMID: 38942944, PMCID: PMC11289045, DOI: 10.1007/s00464-024-10977-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence-based recommendationsMinimally invasive surgeryOlder adultsOlder adult patientsAbdominal surgeryColorectal surgeryPerioperative carePerioperative care of older adultsAdult patientsCare of older adultsCorrection of anemiaOptimization of perioperative careInfluence surgical outcomesCertainty of evidenceCessation of smokingEvidence synthesisExpert opinionEvidence gapsSurgical outcomesPoor outcomeFunctional capacityERAS programOlder patientsPrehabilitationMeta-analyses
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
2019
Missed psychosocial risk factors during routine preoperative evaluations are associated with increased complications after elective cancer surgery
Meyers PM, Leeds IL, Enumah ZO, Burkhart RA, He J, Haut ER, Efron JE, Johnston FM. Missed psychosocial risk factors during routine preoperative evaluations are associated with increased complications after elective cancer surgery. Surgery 2019, 166: 177-183. PMID: 31160060, PMCID: PMC8828252, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.04.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAgedCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualDigestive System NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPostoperative ComplicationsPreoperative CarePrognosisPsychologyRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisConceptsPsychosocial risk factorsRisk factorsChart reviewCancer surgeryPostoperative outcomesComplication ratePreoperative evaluationThirty-day postoperative complicationsTertiary academic medical centerAbdominal cancer surgeryElective cancer surgeryPatient's preoperative evaluationRoutine preoperative evaluationOverall complication rateRetrospective chart reviewWorse postoperative outcomesPreoperative risk stratificationIndividual risk factorsAcademic medical centerInadequate social supportPostoperative complicationsAdult patientsMajor complicationsRisk stratificationFormal screening
2018
Value-based purchasing may unfairly penalize specialty centers performing combined liver–colon multivisceral resections
Leeds I, Pronovost P, Austin J, Haut E. Value-based purchasing may unfairly penalize specialty centers performing combined liver–colon multivisceral resections. Journal Of Patient Safety And Risk Management 2018, 23: 143-148. DOI: 10.1177/2516043518790654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infection rateMultivisceral resectionInfection rateValue-based purchasing programColon surgeryOverall surgical site infection rateConcurrent liver resectionElective colon surgerySurgical site infectionHospital-level characteristicsNational Inpatient SampleInadequate risk adjustmentMultivariable linear regressionAdult patientsLiver resectionSite infectionInpatient SampleSpecialty centersHospital ratesResectionHospital identifiersPurchasing ProgramRisk adjustmentValue-based purchasingLinear regression