2018
Racial disparities in surgical outcomes of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Montgomery SR, Butler PD, Wirtalla CJ, Collier KT, Hoffman RL, Aarons CB, Damrauer SM, Kelz RR. Racial disparities in surgical outcomes of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The American Journal Of Surgery 2018, 215: 1046-1050. PMID: 29803499, PMCID: PMC7764563, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.05.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseBlack patientsBowel diseaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramMultivariable logistic regression modelingSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramRetrospective cohort studyTraditional risk factorsLogistic regression modelingQuality Improvement ProgramASA classIBD patientsEmergent surgeryCohort studySerious morbidityWhite patientsStoma creationSurgical outcomesHealth disparities researchRisk factorsAmerican CollegePatientsSurgeryRacial disparities
2014
African-American women have equivalent outcomes following autologous free flap breast reconstruction despite greater preoperative risk factors
Butler PD, Nelson JA, Fischer JP, Chang B, Kanchwala S, Wu LC, Serletti JM. African-American women have equivalent outcomes following autologous free flap breast reconstruction despite greater preoperative risk factors. The American Journal Of Surgery 2014, 209: 589-596. PMID: 25576165, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative risk factorsAutologous breast reconstructionBreast cancer patientsBreast reconstructionRisk factorsCancer patientsAfrican American breast cancer patientsAutologous free flap breast reconstructionFemale breast cancer patientsFree flap breast reconstructionFlap breast reconstructionAfrican American patientsBreast cancer treatmentAutologous tissue transferAfrican American womenPreoperative comorbiditiesPostoperative complicationsPostoperative morbidityPreoperative characteristicsClinical outcomesSingle institutionCaucasian patientsEquivalent outcomesHealthcare disparitiesPatients