2017
Length of Stay and Cost in Patients Undergoing Orthognathic Surgery: Does Surgeon Volume Matter?
Gupta A, Chowdhury R, Haring R, Leinbach L, Petrone J, Spitzer M, Schneider E. Length of Stay and Cost in Patients Undergoing Orthognathic Surgery: Does Surgeon Volume Matter? Journal Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery 2017, 75: 1948-1957. PMID: 28576668, DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.04.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-volume surgeonsAnnual surgeon volumeSurgeon volumeHospital costsHospital-level factorsNationwide Inpatient SampleMultivariable logistic regressionLow-volume surgeonsLength of stayOrthognathic surgical proceduresType of procedureSurgeon volume matterOpen osteoplastyHospital lengthIndex hospitalizationPatients 8Extended LOSMean ageVital statusPotential confoundersInpatient SamplePatient LOSSurgical proceduresLower oddsSurgeon group
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 1Understanding Variation in 30-Day Surgical Readmission in the Era of Accountable Care: Effect of the Patient, Surgeon, and Surgical Subspecialties
Gani F, Lucas D, Kim Y, Schneider E, Pawlik T. Understanding Variation in 30-Day Surgical Readmission in the Era of Accountable Care: Effect of the Patient, Surgeon, and Surgical Subspecialties. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 1042-1049. PMID: 26244543, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccountable Care OrganizationsAdultAge FactorsAgedClinical CompetenceComprehensionDatabases, FactualDelivery of Health CareFemaleHumansIncidenceLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPatient ReadmissionPhysician's RolePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSpecialties, SurgicalSurgical Procedures, OperativeTime FactorsConceptsMajor surgical proceduresSurgical proceduresSurgical subspecialtiesRace/ethnicityPostoperative complicationsEndocrine surgeryAfrican American race/ethnicitySurgeon-level factorsPatient-level factorsTertiary care centerLarge academic medical centerPatient-related factorsSubspecialty levelAdministrative claims dataAcademic medical centerIndividual surgeon levelDifferent surgical subspecialtiesPreoperative comorbiditiesHospital morbidityPatient ageSurgical readmissionsCardiac surgeryTransplant surgeryPayer typeCare center