Annals of surgery
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
A Novel and Generic Workflow of Indocyanine Green Perfusion Assessment Integrating Standardization and Quantification Towards Clinical Implementation.
This study aims to generate a reproducible and generalizable Workflow model of ICG-angiography integrating Standardization and Quantification (WISQ) that can be applied uniformly within the surgical innovation realm independent of the user. ⋯ WISQ needs prospective validation in larger series and may eventually support clinical decision-making to predict and prevent postoperative organ function impairment in a large and varied surgical population.
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Multicenter Study
Hospital-level Variation in the Management and Outcomes of Patients With Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Population-Based Analysis.
Determine the association between the rate of early operative management for adhesive small bowel obstruction (aSBO) at the hospital-level and the incidence of morbidity and mortality. ⋯ Hospitals with a higher proportion of aSBO patients treated with an early operation had a lower likelihood of serious complications, bowel resection, and death, independent of hospital type and volume of aSBO admissions. Early operative intervention rates likely are a proxy for additional structures and processes of care focused on aSBO patients that may facilitate patient selection.
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Multicenter Study
Mental Health Burden After Injury: It's About More than Just Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Assess the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after injury and their association with long-term functional outcomes. ⋯ The mental health burden after injury is significant and not limited to PTSD. Distinguishing among MHD and identifying symptom-clusters that overlap among these diagnoses, may help stratify risk of poor outcomes, and provide opportunities for more focused screening and treatment interventions.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic On Emergency Adult Surgical Patients and Surgical Services: An International Multi-Center Cohort Study and Department Survey.
The PREDICT study aimed to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected surgical services and surgical patients and to identify predictors of outcomes in this cohort. ⋯ The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted surgical patients, both directly through co-morbid infection and indirectly as shown by increasing mortality in peak months, irrespective of COVID-19 status.Higher CFS scores and ASA grades strongly predict outcomes in surgical patients and are an important risk assessment tool during the pandemic.
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Multicenter Study
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms: Have IAP Consensus Guidelines Changed our Approach?: Results from a Multi-institutional Study.
To evaluate the influence of consensus guidelines on the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) and the subsequent changes in pathologic outcomes. ⋯ Surgical management of IPMN based on radiographic criteria is variable between institutions, with similar percentages of high-risk disease. Over the 15-year study period, the rate of BD-IPMN resected with high-risk radiographic features increased; however, the rate of high-risk disease decreased. Better predictors are needed.