2016
A comparison of trends in operative approach and postoperative outcomes for colorectal cancer surgery
Addae J, Gani F, Fang S, Wick E, Althumairi A, Efron J, Canner J, Euhus D, Schneider E. A comparison of trends in operative approach and postoperative outcomes for colorectal cancer surgery. Journal Of Surgical Research 2016, 208: 111-120. PMID: 27993198, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.09.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayShorter LOSColorectal cancer surgerySurgical approachColorectal surgeryPostoperative morbidityPostoperative outcomesCancer surgeryOpen surgeryInvasive surgeryOpen colorectal surgeryInvasive colorectal surgeryTime of surgeryCochrane-Armitage testNationwide Inpatient SampleRobotic colorectal surgeryHigher mean costCRC surgeryPerioperative outcomesPostoperative complicationsInpatient SampleOpen procedureOperative approachMean costSurgery
2014
Cholecystectomy and Wound Complications: Smoking Worsens Risk
Selvarajah S, Ahmed A, Schneider E, Canner J, Pawlik T, Abularrage C, Hui X, Schwartz D, Hisam B, Haider A. Cholecystectomy and Wound Complications: Smoking Worsens Risk. Journal Of Surgical Research 2014, 192: 41-49. PMID: 25015752, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWound complicationsActive smokersLaparoscopic cholecystectomyPostoperative lengthSurgical approachNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseCurrent Procedural Terminology codesImprovement Program databaseWound complication rateAverage postoperative lengthBenign gallbladder diseaseProcedural Terminology codesPreoperative smokingClinical characteristicsOpen cholecystectomyComplication rateSmoking statusGallbladder diseaseProgram databaseCholecystectomyTerminology codesComplicationsSmokersPatients
2011
The role of preoperative neck ultrasounds to assess lymph nodes in patients with suspicious or indeterminate thyroid nodules
Roy R, Kouniavsky G, Venkat R, Felger E, Shiue Z, Schneider E, Zeiger M. The role of preoperative neck ultrasounds to assess lymph nodes in patients with suspicious or indeterminate thyroid nodules. Journal Of Surgical Oncology 2011, 105: 601-605. PMID: 22006435, PMCID: PMC3715078, DOI: 10.1002/jso.22115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndeterminate thyroid nodulesLymph nodesFormal lymph node dissectionThyroid nodulesPreoperative neck ultrasoundSuspicious lymph nodesLymph node dissectionSize of tumorCervical ultrasoundIndeterminate thyroid cytologyNode dissectionMetastatic diseaseNeck ultrasoundSurgical managementClinicopathological variablesPreoperative ultrasoundSurgical approachPreoperative neckUltrasound findingsMale genderMedical recordsOperative approachSurgical ultrasoundPatientsThyroid cytology