2025
Antibiotics and Surgically Treated Acute Appendicitis, When, Where, and Why?
Hendrix A, Kammien A, Maung A, Battacharya B, Davis K, Schuster K. Antibiotics and Surgically Treated Acute Appendicitis, When, Where, and Why? Surgical Infections 2025 PMID: 39973176, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2024.264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infectionOrgan-space surgical site infectionBody mass indexElixhauser Comorbidity IndexEmergency appendectomyAcute appendicitisBi-variable logistic regression modelPredictive of surgical site infectionClean-contaminated abdominal surgeryIntra-abdominal infectious processIncidence of surgical site infectionOccurrence of surgical site infectionBroad-spectrum antibiotic treatmentOrgan-space infectionsPre-operative antibioticsHour of incisionBroad-spectrum antibioticsPredictive of infectionAdministration timePerforated appendicitisEmergency surgerySite infectionAbdominal surgerySurgical approachAntibiotic treatment
2021
Improved outcomes using laparoscopy for emergency colectomy after mitigating bias by negative control exposure analysis
Linderman GC, Lin W, Sanghvi MR, Becher RD, Maung AA, Bhattacharya B, Davis KA, Schuster KM. Improved outcomes using laparoscopy for emergency colectomy after mitigating bias by negative control exposure analysis. Surgery 2021, 171: 305-311. PMID: 34332782, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.06.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen surgeryEmergency colectomyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program dataQuality Improvement Program dataPostoperative septic shockLow-risk patientsSurgical site infectionPatients meeting criteriaColorectal emergenciesElective colectomyUnderwent laparoscopyHospital stayOverall morbidityNationwide registryAnastomotic leakColectomy casesConverted groupSeptic shockSite infectionPatient selectionBaseline variablesImproved outcomesLaparoscopic surgeryTreatment weightingColectomy
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