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- The National Cancer Data Base: A Powerful Initiative to Improve Cancer Care in the United States (2008) (1489)
- Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator: a decision aid and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. (2013) (1287)
- Colon cancer survival rates with the new American Joint Committee on Cancer sixth edition staging. (2005) (1207)
- Toward robust information: data quality and inter-rater reliability in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. (2010) (1095)
- The Aging Population and Its Impact on the Surgery Workforce (2003) (733)
- Does Surgical Quality Improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: An Evaluation of All Participating Hospitals (2009) (711)
- Extent of Surgery Affects Survival for Papillary Thyroid Cancer (2007) (641)
- First Report from the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy has Morbidity and Effectiveness Positioned Between the Band and the Bypass (2011) (633)
- Small Bowel Cancer in the United States: Changes in Epidemiology, Treatment, and Survival Over the Last 20 Years (2009) (586)
- American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update. (2017) (553)
- Preoperative Predictors of Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery: Systematic Review (2011) (505)
- Underlying reasons associated with hospital readmission following surgery in the United States. (2015) (487)
- Quality improvement in surgery: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program approach. (2010) (469)
- Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. (2013) (463)
- Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society. (2012) (442)
- Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgery. (2006) (432)
- Validation of the 6th edition AJCC pancreatic cancer staging system (2007) (431)
- Updated Population-Based Review of Carcinoid Tumors (2004) (417)
- Complication rates following open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures. (2009) (386)
- National Failure to Operate on Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer (2007) (377)
- Optimal Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP and the American Geriatrics Society. (2016) (366)
- Surgeon volume as a predictor of outcomes in inpatient and outpatient endocrine surgery. (2007) (346)
- Development of an American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program: morbidity and mortality risk calculator for colorectal surgery. (2009) (338)
- Prognostic Score Predicting Survival After Resection of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Analysis of 3851 Patients (2008) (329)
- Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone and completion axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive breast cancer. (2009) (328)
- Blueprint for a new American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. (2008) (325)
- Comparison of commission on cancer-approved and -nonapproved hospitals in the United States: implications for studies that use the National Cancer Data Base. (2009) (315)
- Rates of Colon and Rectal Cancers are Increasing in Young Adults (2003) (313)
- A 10-Year Outcomes Evaluation of Mucinous and Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Colon and Rectum (2005) (310)
- Factors predicting complication rates following total knee replacement. (2006) (307)
- Thirty-day mortality statistics underestimate the risk of repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a statewide experience. (2006) (300)
- A Comparison of Clinical Registry Versus Administrative Claims Data for Reporting of 30-Day Surgical Complications (2012) (298)
- Postoperative Complications Reduce Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer (2014) (289)
- Comparison of reoperation rates following ankle arthrodesis and total ankle arthroplasty. (2007) (289)
- Negative appendectomy in pregnant women is associated with a substantial risk of fetal loss. (2007) (274)
- Association Between Occurrence of a Postoperative Complication and Readmission: Implications for Quality Improvement and Cost Savings (2013) (271)
- Optimal Preoperative Assessment of the Geriatric Surgical Patient: A Best Practices Guideline From the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society (2013) (252)
- Long-Term Patient Outcome and Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation: Analysis of 20-Year Survivors (2010) (248)
- Malignancies of the Appendix: Beyond Case Series Reports (2005) (241)
- Wait Times for Cancer Surgery in the United States: Trends and Predictors of Delays (2011) (238)
- Small bowel obstruction: a population-based appraisal. (2006) (232)
- National Cluster-Randomized Trial of Duty-Hour Flexibility in Surgical Training. (2016) (231)
- Do Young Colon Cancer Patients Have Worse Outcomes? (2004) (229)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Comprehensive Cancer Network Quality Measures. (2008) (225)
- The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes. (2011) (217)
- Improved Surgical Outcomes for ACS NSQIP Hospitals Over Time: Evaluation of Hospital Cohorts With up to 8 Years of Participation (2016) (210)
- Do young breast cancer patients have worse outcomes? (2003) (209)
- Risk of Morbidity and Mortality Following Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery (2012) (206)
- Multimodality therapy for pancreatic cancer in the U.S. (2007) (202)
- Hospitalization before and after gastric bypass surgery. (2005) (200)
- Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism After Cancer Surgery: Extending the Case for Extended Prophylaxis (2011) (188)
- Evaluation of surveillance bias and the validity of the venous thromboembolism quality measure. (2013) (187)
- Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis at 222 ACS NSQIP hospitals. (2010) (186)
- Pancreatectomy risk calculator: an ACS-NSQIP resource. (2010) (184)
- Exercise Following Bariatric Surgery: Systematic Review (2010) (183)
- Surgical site infection prevention: the importance of operative duration and blood transfusion--results of the first American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Best Practices Initiative. (2008) (180)
- National Cluster-Randomized Trial of Duty-Hour Flexibility in Surgical Training (2016) (179)
- Lymph node evaluation as a colon cancer quality measure: a national hospital report card. (2008) (172)
- Pediatric American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: feasibility of a novel, prospective assessment of surgical outcomes. (2011) (169)
- Demographic and Clinical Factors Related to Ostomy Complications and Quality of Life in Veterans With an Ostomy (2008) (163)
- Using the NCDB for cancer care improvement: An introduction to available quality assessment tools (2009) (162)
- Invasive Lobular vs. Ductal Breast Cancer: A Stage-Matched Comparison of Outcomes (2010) (160)
- Directing surgical quality improvement initiatives: comparison of perioperative mortality and long-term survival for cancer surgery. (2008) (160)
- Association of surgical care improvement project infection-related process measure compliance with risk-adjusted outcomes: implications for quality measurement. (2010) (158)
- Effect of hospital volume on margin status after pancreaticoduodenectomy for cancer. (2008) (151)
- The rate of bleeding complications after pharmacologic deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis: a systematic review of 33 randomized controlled trials. (2006) (149)
- American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric: a phase 1 report. (2011) (149)
- Clinicopathologic Features and Treatment Trends of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Analysis of 9,821 Patients (2007) (146)
- The Impact of Different Surgical Techniques on Outcomes in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomies: The First Report from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) (2016) (145)
- Teamwork, communication and safety climate: a systematic review of interventions to improve surgical culture (2015) (144)
- Rare tumors of the colon and rectum: a national review (2006) (144)
- Colorectal cancer: epidemiology, risk factors, and health services. (2005) (143)
- Relationship Between Hospital Performance on a Patient Satisfaction Survey and Surgical Quality. (2015) (141)
- Effect of delay to operation on outcomes in adults with acute appendicitis. (2010) (139)
- A current profile and assessment of north american cholecystectomy: results from the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program. (2010) (138)
- Development of quality indicators for patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery. (2006) (138)
- Reliability Adjustment for Reporting Hospital Outcomes With Surgery (2012) (138)
- Are Survival Rates Different for Young and Older Patients With Rectal Cancer? (2003) (138)
- Does weight loss immediately before bariatric surgery improve outcomes: a systematic review. (2009) (135)
- Complete Lymph Node Dissection for Sentinel Node-Positive Melanoma: Assessment of Practice Patterns in the United States (2008) (134)
- Behavioral Factors Associated with Successful Weight Loss after Gastric Bypass (2010) (134)
- Risk adjustment for comparing hospital quality with surgery: how many variables are needed? (2010) (130)
- Evaluation and Enhancement of Calibration in the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator. (2016) (130)
- Elderly Patients in Surgical Workloads: A Population-Based Analysis (2003) (128)
- Understanding cancer patients’ experience and outcomes: development and pilot study of the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance patient survey (2006) (127)
- Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. (2009) (126)
- Association of the 2011 ACGME resident duty hour reform with general surgery patient outcomes and with resident examination performance. (2014) (125)
- Effect of Postdischarge Morbidity and Mortality on Comparisons of Hospital Surgical Quality (2010) (124)
- Impact of Tumor Grade on Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer: Should We Include Grade in AJCC Staging? (2010) (124)
- Are high-volume surgeons and hospitals the most important predictors of in-hospital outcome for colon cancer resection? (2002) (123)
- Comparison of 30-day outcomes after emergency general surgery procedures: potential for targeted improvement. (2010) (123)
- Comparison of hospital performance in emergency versus elective general surgery operations at 198 hospitals. (2011) (123)
- Accuracy of staging node-negative pancreas cancer: a potential quality measure. (2007) (122)
- Comparison of hospital performance in nonemergency versus emergency colorectal operations at 142 hospitals. (2010) (121)
- Readmissions Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreas Cancer: A Population-Based Appraisal (2009) (120)
- Missing data in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program are not missing at random: implications and potential impact on quality assessments. (2010) (119)
- Assessment of pancreatic cancer care in the United States based on formally developed quality indicators. (2009) (118)
- Laparoscopic-assisted vs. Open Colectomy for Cancer: Comparison of Short-term Outcomes from 121 Hospitals (2008) (118)
- The need for a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care. (2002) (118)
- A meta-analysis of perioperative beta blockade: what is the actual risk reduction? (2005) (117)
- Socioeconomic characteristics of the population eligible for obesity surgery. (2004) (117)
- Relevance of the c-statistic when evaluating risk-adjustment models in surgery. (2012) (116)
- Risk factors for superficial vs deep/organ-space surgical site infections: implications for quality improvement initiatives. (2013) (116)
- Survival After Resection of Ampullary Carcinoma: A National Population-Based Study (2008) (114)
- Association of Loss of Independence With Readmission and Death After Discharge in Older Patients After Surgical Procedures. (2016) (114)
- An Examination of American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator Accuracy. (2017) (113)
- Application of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma staging system to pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. (2007) (113)
- Outcomes and Prognostic Factors for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal: Analysis of Patients From the National Cancer Data Base (2009) (112)
- Developing Quality Indicators for Elderly Surgical Patients (2009) (112)
- Risk adjustment in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: a comparison of logistic versus hierarchical modeling. (2009) (111)
- Improved survival for adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: fifty-five consecutive resections. (2003) (111)
- A population‐based study of colorectal cancer test use (2004) (107)
- Measuring the Quality of Colorectal Cancer Screening: The Importance of Follow-Up (2006) (104)
- Use and outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy for cancer in the United States. (2008) (103)
- Invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm versus sporadic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (2010) (102)
- Impact of Tumor Location on Nodal Evaluation for Colon Cancer (2008) (101)
- Primary duodenal adenocarcinoma: a 40-year experience. (2000) (101)
- What Proportion of Patients with an Ostomy (for Diverticulitis) Get Reversed? (2004) (100)
- Quality of care in advanced ovarian cancer: the importance of provider specialty. (2010) (100)
- The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: achieving better and safer surgery. (2015) (99)
- The increasing workload of general surgery. (2004) (99)
- Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Does It Improve Survival? (2004) (98)
- Effect of Postoperative Complications on Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use for Stage III Colon Cancer (2013) (97)
- Do variations in provider discussions explain socioeconomic disparities in postmastectomy breast reconstruction? (2008) (95)
- Primary total knee arthroplasty in California 1991 to 2001: does hospital volume affect outcomes? (2006) (93)
- Nationwide Assessment of Trends in Choledocholithiasis Management in the United States From 1998 to 2013. (2016) (92)
- Cancer-Directed Surgery for Localized Disease: Decreased Use in the Elderly (2004) (92)
- A Systematic Review of Deep Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis in Cancer Patients: Implications for Improving Quality (2007) (90)
- Appropriateness Criteria for Bariatric Surgery: Beyond the NIH Guidelines (2009) (89)
- Evaluating health utility in patients with melanoma, breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer: a nationwide, population-based assessment. (2003) (88)
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Bariatric Surgery Readmissions: Findings From 130,007 Admissions in the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (2018) (88)
- Effect of hospital type and volume on lymph node evaluation for gastric and pancreatic cancer. (2008) (87)
- The appropriateness method has acceptable reliability and validity for assessing overuse and underuse of surgical procedures. (2012) (86)
- Coping and acceptance: the greatest challenge for veterans with intestinal stomas. (2009) (86)
- Characterizing the Performance and Outcomes of Obesity Surgery in California (2003) (85)
- Surviving colorectal cancer (2007) (84)
- Long‐term neurotoxicity effects of oxaliplatin added to fluorouracil and leucovorin as adjuvant therapy for colon cancer: Results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project trials C‐07 and LTS‐01 (2012) (83)
- Improving American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program risk adjustment: incorporation of a novel procedure risk score. (2010) (80)
- National assessment of melanoma care using formally developed quality indicators. (2009) (78)
- Predictors of Surgery Resident Satisfaction With Teaching by Attendings: A National Survey (2005) (78)
- Challenges and prospects of a clinical database linked to the board certification system (2014) (77)
- Development of the Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial Protocol: A National Cluster-Randomized Trial of Resident Duty Hour Policies. (2016) (77)
- Risk-Adjusted Hospital Outcomes for Children’s Surgery (2013) (76)
- Composite Measures for Profiling Hospitals on Surgical Morbidity (2013) (75)
- American College of Surgeons' Guidelines for the Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Medication. (2018) (74)
- Evaluation of hospital readmissions in surgical patients: do administrative data tell the real story? (2014) (74)
- Improving safety and quality of care with enhanced teamwork through operating room briefings. (2014) (74)
- Disparities in Surgical Access: A Systematic Literature Review, Conceptual Model, and Evidence Map. (2019) (73)
- Variation in quality of care after emergency general surgery procedures in the elderly. (2011) (72)
- Assessing the relative contribution of individual risk factors on surgical outcome for gastric bypass surgery: a baseline probability analysis. (2002) (71)
- A comparison of 2 surgical site infection monitoring systems. (2015) (71)
- Variability in Length of Stay After Colorectal Surgery: Assessment of 182 Hospitals in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (2009) (71)
- Biofeedback is effective therapy for fecal incontinence and constipation. (1997) (68)
- Demographic, Clinical, and Quality of Life Variables Related to Embarrassment in Veterans Living With an Intestinal Stoma (2007) (68)
- Negative Appendectomy Rate: Influence of CT Scans (2005) (67)
- Impact of Physician–Patient Discussions on Patient Satisfaction (2008) (66)
- Hospital Standards to Promote Optimal Surgical Care of the Older Adult: A Report From the Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery (2018) (66)
- Adequacy and importance of lymph node evaluation for colon cancer in the elderly. (2008) (66)
- Executive Summary of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Infection Society Surgical Site Infection Guidelines-2016 Update. (2017) (66)
- Meta-analysis in surgery: methods and limitations. (2006) (65)
- Barriers to and Facilitators of Implementing Enhanced Recovery Pathways Using an Implementation Framework: A Systematic Review (2018) (65)
- Development and Evaluation of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Pediatric Surgical Risk Calculator. (2016) (65)
- Adherence to Enhanced Recovery Protocols in NSQIP and Association With Colectomy Outcomes (2017) (65)
- Which Patients Require More Care after Hospital Discharge? An Analysis of Post-Acute Care Use among Elderly Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery. (2015) (64)
- Utilization of total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer in the United States. (2007) (62)
- Comparison between clinical registry and medicare claims data on the classification of hospital quality of surgical care. (2015) (61)
- Overcoming challenges: life with an ostomy. (2010) (61)
- Surgeon Perception of Risk and Benefit in the Decision to Operate (2016) (60)
- Variability in reoperation rates at 182 hospitals: a potential target for quality improvement. (2009) (60)
- Preventable readmissions to surgical services: lessons learned and targets for improvement. (2014) (59)
- An Opportunity to Improve Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making: The Role of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator in Oncology (2013) (59)
- Clinical registries and quality measurement in surgery: a systematic review. (2015) (59)
- A Patient's Race/Ethnicity Does Not Explain the Underuse of Appropriate Adjuvant Therapy in Colorectal Cancer (2006) (58)
- Intracranial pressure monitoring and inpatient mortality in severe traumatic brain injury: A propensity score–matched analysis (2015) (58)
- Predictors for medical students entering a general surgery residency: National survey results. (2004) (58)
- Workload Projections for Surgical Oncology: Will We Need More Surgeons? (2003) (57)
- The Importance of Assessing Both Inpatient and Outpatient Surgical Quality (2011) (57)
- Sample size calculations in surgery: are they done correctly? (2003) (57)
- Developing quality indicators for elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations. (2005) (57)
- Reliability of superficial surgical site infections as a hospital quality measure. (2011) (56)
- A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life for Male Veterans with and without Intestinal Stomas (2007) (56)
- Risk of Surgery Following Recent Myocardial Infarction (2011) (56)
- Factors Associated with Colon Cancer Stage at Diagnosis (2008) (54)
- Postoperative Delirium as a Target for Surgical Quality Improvement (2017) (52)
- Effect of Subjective Preoperative Variables on Risk-Adjusted Assessment of Hospital Morbidity and Mortality (2009) (51)
- Effect of diabetes and hypertension on obesity-related mortality. (2005) (51)
- Appropriateness criteria to assess variations in surgical procedure use in the United States. (2011) (50)
- Underuse of axillary dissection for the management of sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer. (2010) (50)
- Use of Multimodality Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Cancer in the United States: Assessment of 987 Hospitals (2012) (49)
- Use of the health and activities limitation index as a measure of quality of life in obesity. (2002) (49)
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Atypical Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux (2003) (49)
- Validity and Feasibility of the American College of Surgeons Colectomy Composite Outcome Quality Measure (2013) (49)
- Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information for comparing surgical quality. (2007) (48)
- Risk of discharge to postacute care: a patient-centered outcome for the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program surgical risk calculator. (2015) (48)
- Comparative effectiveness of sphincter-sparing surgery versus abdominoperineal resection in rectal cancer: patient-reported outcomes in National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project randomized trial R-04. (2015) (47)
- Risk-based Selective Referral for Cancer Surgery: A Potential Strategy to Improve Perioperative Outcomes (2010) (47)
- Linkage of a clinical surgical registry with Medicare inpatient claims data using indirect identifiers. (2013) (47)
- Optimizing Surgical Quality Datasets to Care for Older Adults: Lessons from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Geriatric Surgery Pilot. (2017) (47)
- Age stratified, perioperative, and one-year mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a statewide experience. (2006) (47)
- Patient behaviors associated with weight regain after laparoscopic gastric bypass. (2011) (47)
- Hospital costs by cost center of inpatient hospitalization for medicare patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. (2015) (46)
- Patterns of care among patients undergoing hepatic resection: a query of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-targeted hepatectomy database. (2015) (45)
- Cancer survivorship research: the challenge of recruiting adult long term cancer survivors from a cooperative clinical trials group (2009) (44)
- Quality in-training initiative--a solution to the need for education in quality improvement: results from a survey of program directors. (2013) (44)
- A Comprehensive Evaluation of Statistical Reliability in ACS NSQIP Profiling Models. (2015) (44)
- The impact of continuous Medicaid enrollment on diagnosis, treatment, and survival in six surgical cancers. (2014) (43)
- Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for total knee replacement. (2008) (43)
- Variation in Physician-patient Discussion of Breast Reconstruction (2008) (43)
- Evidence-based medicine in surgery: the importance of both experimental and observational study designs. (2011) (42)
- Do racial/ethnic disparities exist in the utilization of high-volume surgeons for women with ovarian cancer? (2008) (41)
- New approaches to the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: the American College of Surgeons experience. (2009) (41)
- Beyond outcomes--the appropriateness of surgical care. (2009) (41)
- Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery: Focus on Anesthesiology for Colorectal Surgery (2018) (41)
- American College of Surgeons NSQIP: quality in-training initiative pilot study. (2013) (41)
- What Predicts Serious Complications in Colorectal Cancer Resection? (2003) (41)
- The unmet need for a national surgical quality improvement curriculum: a systematic review. (2014) (40)
- The significance of inadvertent splenectomy during colorectal cancer resection. (2007) (40)
- Enhancing the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator to Predict Geriatric Outcomes. (2019) (40)
- Does Implementation of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Protocols in Colorectal Surgery Improve Patient Outcomes? (2019) (39)
- Reliability of Evaluating Hospital Quality by Colorectal Surgical Site Infection Type (2013) (39)
- Identification of modifiable factors for reducing readmission after colectomy: a national analysis. (2014) (39)
- Impact of instructional practices on student satisfaction with attendings’ teaching in the inpatient component of internal medicine clerkships (2007) (39)
- Quality of Care Issues in Colorectal Cancer (2007) (39)
- Effect of cancer surgery complexity on short-term outcomes, risk predictions, and hospital comparisons. (2013) (39)
- Anal Canal Cancer: A Population-Based Reappraisal (2003) (39)
- Trends, patterns, and outcomes in the management of malignant colonic polyps in the general population of the United States (2011) (38)
- Influence of Intestinal Stoma on Spiritual Quality of Life of U.S. Veterans (2008) (38)
- Impact of a Risk Calculator on Risk Perception and Surgical Decision Making: A Randomized Trial (2016) (37)
- Early discharge and readmission after colorectal resection. (2014) (37)
- Effect of post-discharge venous thromboembolism on hospital quality comparisons following hip and knee arthroplasty. (2014) (37)
- National evaluation of hospital readmission after pulmonary resection. (2015) (37)
- Has survival improved for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the United States? (2003) (37)
- The impact of adjusting for reliability on hospital quality rankings in vascular surgery. (2011) (36)
- Utilization of Parenteral Nutrition Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Is Routine Jejunostomy Tube Placement Warranted? (2009) (36)
- How much do standardized forms improve the documentation of quality of care? (2007) (36)
- Quality indicators in bariatric surgery: improving quality of care. (2006) (36)
- Abdominal tuberculosis: the surgical perspective. (1996) (34)
- Short-term outcomes after esophagectomy at 164 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program hospitals: effect of operative approach and hospital-level variation. (2012) (34)
- Patient Satisfaction: An Increasingly Important Measure of Quality (2006) (33)
- Expanding the scope of quality measurement in surgery to include nonoperative care: Results from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program emergency general surgery pilot. (2017) (32)
- The VA Ostomy Health-Related Quality of Life Study: objectives, methods, and patient sample (2006) (32)
- Effect of wound classification on risk adjustment in American College of Surgeons NSQIP. (2014) (32)
- Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery: Focus on Anesthesiology for Total Knee Arthroplasty (2019) (32)
- Effect of trauma center status on 30-day outcomes after emergency general surgery. (2011) (32)
- Compliance With Evidence-Based Guidelines and Interhospital Variation in Mortality for Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. (2015) (32)
- Defining the Intrinsic Cardiac Risks of Operations to Improve Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessments (2018) (32)
- Comparison of hospital performance in trauma vs emergency and elective general surgery: implications for acute care surgery quality improvement. (2012) (31)
- What is the Rate of Small Bowel Obstruction after Colectomy? (2008) (31)
- Variation of Thyroidectomy-Specific Outcomes Among Hospitals and Their Association With Risk Adjustment and Hospital Performance (2017) (31)
- Profiling Individual Surgeon Performance Using Information from a High-Quality Clinical Registry: Opportunities and Limitations. (2015) (31)
- Coronary revascularization after myocardial infarction can reduce risks of noncardiac surgery. (2011) (30)
- Quality of life and symptoms in long-term survivors of colorectal cancer: results from NSABP protocol LTS-01 (2017) (30)
- National Assessment of Margin Status as a Quality Indicator after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery (2014) (30)
- Hospital-level Variation in Secondary Complications After Surgery (2016) (30)
- Variation in lymph node examination after esophagectomy for cancer in the United States. (2012) (29)
- Nodal Evaluation in Wilms' Tumors: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base (2010) (29)
- Society of University Surgeons position statement on the volume-outcome relationship for surgical procedures. (2003) (29)
- Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery: Focus on Anesthesiology for Total Hip Arthroplasty (2019) (29)
- Beyond the Clinical Trials: How Often Is Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Performed for Breast Cancer? (2004) (28)
- Effect of including cancer‐specific variables on models examining short‐term outcomes (2013) (28)
- Outcomes of Concurrent Operations: Results From the American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (2017) (28)
- Association of the 2011 ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform with Postoperative Patient Outcomes in Surgical Specialties. (2015) (28)
- Improving Breast Cancer Quality of Care with the Use of Patient Navigators (2010) (28)
- Surgical Technical Evidence Review for Colorectal Surgery Conducted for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. (2017) (27)
- Evaluation of the ProPublica Surgeon Scorecard “Adjusted Complication Rate” Measure Specifications (2016) (27)
- Utilization of Total Thyroidectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Children (2010) (27)
- Using Both Clinical Registry and Administrative Claims Data to Measure Risk-adjusted Surgical Outcomes. (2016) (27)
- Risk factors for post‐pancreaticoduodenectomy delayed gastric emptying in the absence of pancreatic fistula or intra‐abdominal infection (2019) (27)
- Quality of pancreatic cancer care at Veterans Administration compared with non-Veterans Administration hospitals. (2007) (26)
- Comparison of National Operative Mortality in Gastroenterological Surgery Using Web-based Prospective Data Entry Systems (2015) (26)
- Extending the value of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program claims dataset to study long-term outcomes: Rate of repeat ventral hernia repair. (2015) (25)
- Procedure-Specific Trends in Surgical Outcomes. (2018) (25)
- Reporting Randomized, Controlled Trials (2002) (25)
- Evaluation of Postoperative Functional Health Status Decline Among Older Adults. (2020) (25)
- Anal Canal Cancer (2003) (24)
- A risk calculator predicting postoperative adverse events in neonates undergoing major abdominal or thoracic surgery. (2014) (24)
- Palliative care for colorectal cancer. (2004) (24)
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal: Utilization and Outcomes of Recommended Treatment in the United States (2008) (24)
- Impact of Hepatectomy Surgical Complexity on Outcomes and Hospital Quality Rankings (2014) (23)
- American College of Surgeons Guidelines Program: a process for using existing guidelines to generate best practice recommendations for central venous access. (2008) (23)
- Reliability Of Superficial Surgical Site Infections As A Hospital Quality Measure (2011) (23)
- Optimal timeframe for reporting short-term complication rates after total knee arthroplasty. (2006) (23)
- Surgical technical evidence review for gynecologic surgery conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (2018) (23)
- Inpatient surgery in California: 1990-2000. (2003) (22)
- Lung volume reduction surgery: a cost and outcomes comparison of sternotomy versus thoracoscopy. (1998) (22)
- Association between Postoperative Complications and Reoperation for Patients Undergoing Geriatric Surgery and the Effect of Reoperation on Mortality (2012) (22)
- The role of Surgical Champions in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program--a national survey. (2011) (22)
- Identification of Consensus-Based Quality End Points for Colorectal Surgery (2012) (22)
- Association of an Enhanced Recovery Pilot With Length of Stay in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (2017) (21)
- Association of Surgical Resident Wellness With Medical Errors and Patient Outcomes (2020) (21)
- Surgeons’ Volume of Colorectal Cancer Procedures and Collaborative Decision-Making About Adjuvant Therapies (2009) (21)
- Quality Improvement Pilot Program for Vulnerable Elderly Surgical Patients (2011) (21)
- What is the quality of surgery-related information on the internet? Lessons learned from a standardized evaluation of 10 common operations. (2008) (21)
- Identification of Process Measures to Reduce Postoperative Readmission (2014) (21)
- Effect of histologic subtype on treatment and outcomes for esophageal cancer in the United States (2012) (21)
- Differences in Patients, Surgical Complexity, and Outcomes After Cancer Surgery at National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers Compared to Other Hospitals (2013) (21)
- Variation in Hospital Use of Postacute Care After Surgery and the Association With Care Quality (2016) (21)
- Reporting Randomized, Controlled Trials: Where Quality of Reporting May Be Improved (2002) (20)
- Estrogen receptors in gallbladder cancer: detection by an improved immunohistochemical assay. (1995) (20)
- Comorbidities play a larger role in predicting health-related quality of life compared to having an ostomy. (2007) (20)
- Evaluation of Initial Participation in Public Reporting of ACS NSQIP Surgical Outcomes on Medicare’s Hospital Compare Website (2013) (20)
- Influence of lymph node metastases on survival in pediatric medullary thyroid cancer. (2010) (19)
- Patient-reported outcomes in surgery: Listening to patients improves quality of care. (2017) (19)
- Surgical quality measurement: an evolving science. (2013) (19)
- Quality in Surgery: Current Issues for the Future (2005) (19)
- A structured conference program improves competency-based surgical education. (2007) (19)
- Measuring Risk-Adjusted Value Using Medicare and ACS-NSQIP: Is High-Quality, Low-Cost Surgical Care Achievable Everywhere? (2014) (18)
- Morbidity and mortality after colorectal procedures: comparison of data from the American College of Surgeons case log system and the ACS NSQIP. (2011) (18)
- A Single Institution Experience in Compliance with Universal Screening for Lynch Syndrome in Colorectal Cancer (2015) (17)
- Association Between Hospital Imaging Use and Venous Thromboembolism Events Rates Based on Clinical Data (2014) (17)
- A report card on outcomes for surgically treated gastrointestinal cancers: are we improving? (2004) (17)
- Are procedures codes in claims data a reliable indicator of intraoperative splenic injury compared with clinical registry data? (2014) (17)
- Postoperative Complications and Hospital Payment: Implications for Achieving Value. (2016) (17)
- Physician and practice characteristics influencing tumor board attendance: Results from the provider survey of the Los Angeles Women's Health Study. (2009) (16)
- Creating Individual Surgeon Performance Assessments in a Statewide Hospital Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative. (2018) (16)
- First Report of a Multiphase Pilot to Measure Patient-Reported Outcomes in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. (2019) (16)
- Routine preventive care and cancer surveillance in long-term survivors of colorectal cancer: results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol LTS-01. (2010) (16)
- Comparison of Outlier Identification Methods in Hospital Surgical Quality Improvement Programs (2010) (16)
- Injected liquid silicone, chronic mastitis, and undetected breast cancer. (1995) (16)
- Variation in intraoperative and postoperative red blood cell transfusion in pediatric surgery (2016) (16)
- The importance of extreme weight percentile in postoperative morbidity in children. (2014) (15)
- Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy: A Review of Our Early Experience (2003) (15)
- Concurrent bariatric operations and association with perioperative outcomes: registry based cohort study (2017) (15)
- Post Hepatectomy Liver Failure Risk Calculator for Preoperative and Early Postoperative Period Following Major Hepatectomy (2020) (15)
- The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program bariatric surgical risk/benefit calculator: 30-day risk. (2021) (15)
- On-demand Reporting of Risk-adjusted and Smoothed Rates for Quality Profiling in ACS NSQIP (2016) (14)
- Same-day discharge is not associated with increased readmissions or complications after thyroid operations. (2019) (14)
- Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery: Focus on Anesthesiology for Bariatric Surgery. (2019) (14)
- New Approaches to Assessing and Treating Early-Stage Colon and Rectal Cancer: Summary Statement from 2007 Santa Monica Conference (2007) (14)
- Lymph node examination rate, survival rate, and quality of care in colon cancer. (2008) (14)
- Effect of Including Cancer-Specific Variables on Risk-Adjusted Hospital Surgical Quality Comparisons (2013) (14)
- Positive correlation of employment and psychological well-being for veterans with major abdominal surgery. (2010) (14)
- Estimating Adverse Events After Gastrostomy Tube Placement. (2016) (14)
- Using volume criteria: do California hospitals measure up? (2003) (14)
- Continuity of care: Readmission to the same hospital following gastric cancer resection (2009) (14)
- Consistency of pressure injury documentation across interfacility transfers (2017) (14)
- The ACS NSQIp quality in-training initiative: educating residents to ensure the future of optimal surgical care. (2013) (14)
- Considerations in Releasing Equations for the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator: In Reply to Wanderer and Ehrenfeld. (2016) (13)
- New developments in geriatric surgery. (2011) (13)
- Methods and Limitations (2017) (13)
- Decreasing Readmissions through Opportunities Provided (DROP): The First National Quality Improvement Collaborative from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) (2016) (13)
- Wireless Technology to Track Surgical Patients after Discharge: A Pilot Study (2015) (13)
- Effect of Diagnosis on Outcomes in the Setting of Enhanced Recovery Protocols (2018) (12)
- Are 12 Nodes Needed to Accurately Stage T1 and T2 Colon Cancers? (2009) (12)
- Surgical Technical Evidence Review for Elective Total Joint Replacement Conducted for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (2018) (12)
- Colorectal cancer: epidemiology and health services research. (2006) (12)
- Evaluating parsimonious risk-adjustment models for comparing hospital outcomes with vascular surgery. (2010) (12)
- Best Practices in Data Use for Achieving Successful Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Pathway. (2019) (12)
- Impact of Adjuvant Radiation on Survival: A Note of Caution When Using Cancer Registry Data to Evaluate Adjuvant Treatments (2007) (12)
- Why Do Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Vary across States? (2003) (12)
- Reliability of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer's Quality of Care Measures for Hospital and Surgeon Profiling. (2017) (11)
- Development of Quality Indicators: Lessons Learned in Bariatric Surgery (2006) (11)
- Surgical Professionalism: The Inspiring Surgeon of the Modern Era. (2016) (11)
- Evaluation of the Present‐on‐Admission Indicator among Hospitalized Fee‐for‐Service Medicare Patients with a Pressure Ulcer Diagnosis: Coding Patterns and Impact on Hospital‐Acquired Pressure Ulcer Rates (2018) (11)
- Surgical Technical Evidence Review for Acute Appendectomy Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. (2018) (11)
- Evidence review conducted for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery: focus on anesthesiology for gynecologic surgery (2019) (10)
- Beyond death and graft survival—Variation in outcomes after kidney transplantation. Results from the NSQIP Transplant beta phase (2019) (10)
- Quality of care in surgical oncology. (2009) (10)
- The Randomized Registry Trial: Two Birds, One Stone. (2017) (10)
- Hospital morbidity rankings and complication severity in vascular surgery. (2013) (10)
- Comment on: Colon cancer survival rates with the new american joint committee on cancer sixth edition staging. Authors' reply (2005) (10)
- Use of sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma in children and adolescents (2010) (10)
- Surgical quality improvement programs in Japan and USA: Report from the collaborative projects between Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (2019) (10)
- Beyond death and graft survival—Variation in outcomes after liver transplant. Results from the NSQIP transplant beta phase (2019) (9)
- How to Measure the Quality of Surgery-Related Web Sites (2008) (9)
- The New England colorectal cancer quality project: a prospective multi-institutional feasibility study. (2006) (9)
- Surgical Technical Evidence Review of Hip Fracture Surgery Conducted for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (2018) (9)
- Defining the Content for a Quality and Safety in Surgery Curriculum Using a Nominal Group Technique. (2019) (9)
- Is High BMI Associated with Specific Complications after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass? (2007) (9)
- Optimizing the Feasibility and Scalability of a Geriatric Surgery Quality Improvement Initiative (2019) (8)
- Health care access and poverty do not explain the higher esophageal cancer mortality in African Americans. (2004) (8)
- Technical Evidence Review for Emergency Major Abdominal Operation Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. (2020) (8)
- Hospital variation in rates of concurrent fundoplication during gastrostomy enteral access procedures (2018) (8)
- Sustained culture and surgical outcome improvement. (2018) (8)
- Improving quality in geriatric surgery: A blueprint from the American College of Surgeons. (2016) (8)
- Patterns and Predictors of Chemotherapy Use for Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. (2016) (8)
- Databases for surgical health services research: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (2018) (7)
- Investigations using clinical data registries: observational studies and risk adjustment. (2009) (7)
- Defining the risk of liver failure after minor hepatectomy: a NSQIP analysis of 7029 patients. (2020) (7)
- Evidence Review for the American College of Surgeons Quality Verification Part I: Building Quality and Safety Resources and Infrastructure. (2020) (7)
- Characterizing Surgical Site Infection Signals in Clinical Notes (2018) (7)
- Accelerating Surgical Site Infection Abstraction With a Semi-automated Machine-learning Approach (2020) (7)
- Application of the RAND‐UCLA Appropriateness Methodology to a Large Multidisciplinary Stakeholder Group Evaluating the Validity and Feasibility of Patient‐Centered Standards in Geriatric Surgery (2018) (7)
- Trends in perioperative outcomes of hospitals performing major cancer surgery (2018) (7)
- How Widely Has ACS-NSQIP Disseminated? A Market Share Analysis In The National Medicare Population (2011) (7)
- Quality Measurement in Cancer Care Delivery (2011) (7)
- Expanding the Scope of Quality Measurement in Surgery to Include Non-Operative Care: Results from the ACS NSQIP Emergency General Surgery Pilot. (2017) (6)
- The Quality In-Training Initiative: Giving Residents Data to Learn Clinical Effectiveness. (2017) (6)
- Achieving high-quality surgical care: observations from the American College of Surgeons Quality of Care Programs. (2015) (6)
- Association of preoperative biliary drainage technique with postoperative outcomes among patients with resectable hepatobiliary malignancy. (2020) (6)
- The surgeon's role in the quality of oncologic care. (2007) (6)
- The quest for population‐level cancer recurrence data; current deficiencies and targets for improvement (2015) (6)
- Emerging importance of certification: Volume, outcomes, and regionalization of care (2009) (6)
- Do cancer centers need to assess quality and outcomes? Introducing a customized ACS-NSQIP for oncology (Onc-NSQIP). (2011) (5)
- Databases for surgical health services research: National Trauma Data Bank and Trauma Quality Improvement Program (2018) (5)
- Quality of care. (2006) (5)
- Cefoxitin versus piperacillin–tazobactam as surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2021) (5)
- Identifying Worsening Surgical Site Infection Performance (2012) (5)
- Role of Operative Complexity Variables in Risk Adjustment for Patients With Cancer. (2016) (5)
- Disparities in Rectal Cancer: Moving from Descriptions to Solutions (2017) (5)
- Surgeon and Hospital Characteristics as Predictors of Major Adverse Outcomes Following Colon Cancer Surgery—Invited Critique (2007) (5)
- Does Comanagement of Patients With Hip Fracture Influence 30-Day Outcomes (2020) (5)
- Use of a Single CPT Code for Risk Adjustment in American College of Surgeons NSQIP Database: Is There Potential Bias with Practice-Pattern Differences in Multiple Procedures under the Same Anesthetic? (2018) (5)
- Does Performance Vary Within the Same Hospital When Separately Examining Different Patient Subgroups? (2016) (5)
- Combining Surgical Outcomes and Patient Experiences to Evaluate Hospital Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery Quality (2018) (5)
- Understanding Cancer Patients' Experience and Outcomes (2006) (5)
- Perioperative Pain Management after Ambulatory Abdominal Surgery: An American College of Surgeons Systematic Review. (2020) (4)
- Secondary Analyses of Large Population-Based Data Sets: Issues of Quality, Standards, and Understanding (2007) (4)
- A NSQIP‐based randomized clinical trial evaluating choice of prophylactic antibiotics for pancreaticoduodenectomy (2021) (4)
- Provider feedback improves reporting on quality measures: National profile reports for adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer (2007) (4)
- Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) comparison of 5-FU and capecitabine (cape) with concurrent radiotherapy (RT) for neoadjuvant treatment of rectal cancer: Results of NSABP R-04. (2012) (4)
- Neurotoxicity (NT) in colon cancer (CC) survivors from NSABP Protocol C-07 comparing 5-FU + leucovorin (FULV) with the same regimen + oxaliplatin (FLOX): Preliminary results from NSABP Protocol LTS-01 (2008) (4)
- Validation study of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator for two procedures in Japan. (2021) (4)
- Perioperative quality-of-care measures for patients undergoing total hip or total knee replacement. (2009) (4)
- Variation in Hospital Utilization of Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy for Localized Pancreatic Neoplasms (2019) (4)
- Cancer-directed surgery for localized disease: Underuse in the elderly (2004) (4)
- Health Care Measurements that Improve Patient Outcomes (2021) (4)
- Developing the American College of Surgeons Quality Improvement Framework to Evaluate Local Surgical Improvement Efforts (2022) (4)
- Perioperative Pain Management Issues Unique to Older Adults Undergoing Surgery (2021) (4)
- Assessing the influence of experience in pancreatic surgery: a risk-adjusted analysis using the American College of Surgeons NSQIP database. (2019) (4)
- Effect of Flexible Duty Hour Policies on Length of Stay for Complex Intra-Abdominal Operations: A Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial Analysis. (2017) (4)
- Patients With Temporary Ostomies: Veterans Administration Hospitals Multi-institutional Retrospective Study (2018) (3)
- The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Bariatric Surgical Risk/Benefit Calculator: 1-year weight. (2022) (3)
- Injury-Specific Variables Improve Risk Adjustment and Hospital Quality Assessment in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. (2019) (3)
- Assessing the Quality of Rectal Cancer Pathology Reports in National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol R-04/NRG Oncology (2020) (3)
- Three Observations for Improving Efforts in Surgical Quality Improvement. (2022) (3)
- A case for improving measurement of intraoperative iatrogenic injuries. (2014) (3)
- Improving the quality of surgical care: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. (2017) (3)
- Databases for surgical health services research: National cancer database (2018) (3)
- Association of Enhanced Recovery Pathway Compliance With Patient Outcomes. (2021) (3)
- Preventing unintended consequences of quality measurement. (2011) (3)
- Readmission following surgical procedures: Implications for quality improvement and cost savings (2011) (3)
- Evaluating the Benefits of ACS-NSQIP. (2017) (3)
- How Well Is Surgical Improvement Being Conducted? Evaluation of 50 Local Surgery-Related Improvement Efforts. (2022) (3)
- A 2-year-old boy, born with polysplenia syndrome, esophageal atresia, and tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). (2004) (3)
- Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric patient (2017) (3)
- Sustaining quality improvement during data lag: A qualitative study in a perioperative setting (2015) (3)
- Association of Patient-reported Experiences and Surgical Outcomes Among Group Practices: Retrospective Cohort Study. (2020) (3)
- P-46: Is binge eating disorder associated with the degree of weight loss following bariatric surgery? (2010) (3)
- Physician and Practice Characteristics Influencing Tumor Board Attendance: Results From the Provider Survey of the Los Angeles Women's Health Study. (2011) (3)
- Response to "Does Participation in the ACS-NSQIP Improve Outcomes?" (2017) (3)
- The Natural History of Diverticulitis: Implications for Elective Surgery (2008) (3)
- Performance of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator for Total Gastrectomy. (2020) (3)
- Surgical Technical Evidence Review for Acute Cholecystectomy Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. (2019) (3)
- Association of Weekend Effect With Recovery After Surgery. (2020) (3)
- Minimizing Disparities in Surgical Care: A Research Focus for the Future (2008) (3)
- Evidence Review for the American College of Surgeons Quality Verification Part II: Processes for Reliable Quality Improvement. (2021) (2)
- Incidence and Relative Burden of Surgical Site Infections in Children Undergoing Non-Emergent Surgery: Implications for Performance Benchmarking and Prioritization of Prevention Efforts. (2022) (2)
- Lymph node examination rate, survival rate, and quality of care in colon cancer. (2008) (2)
- The Association Between Risk Aversion of Surgeons and Their Clinical Decision-Making. (2021) (2)
- Comparative effectiveness of sphincter-sparing surgery (SSS) versus abdomino-perineal resection (APR) in rectal cancer: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from NSABP R-04. (2012) (2)
- A Collaborative To Evaluate And Improve The Quality Of Surgical Care Delivered By The Military Health System. (2019) (2)
- O-032PREDICTORS AND REASONS FOR READMISSION AFTER PULMONARY RESECTION (2014) (2)
- When One Data Set Is Insufficient-Things to Consider When Linking Secondary Data. (2019) (2)
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Is It Time to Drive Patient-Reported Outcomes Through Robust Measurement? (2018) (2)
- Evaluating A New Technique For Improving The Reliability Of Surgical Outcomes Measurement (2011) (2)
- Do cancer-specific variables improve risk-adjusted hospital quality comparisons? (2012) (2)
- Preventing Unintended Consequences of Quality Measurement: Comment on “Surgical Site Infections and Cost in Obese Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery” (2011) (2)
- Refining the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator to Include Geriatric Outcomes (2019) (2)
- Administrative and Registry Databases for Patient Safety Tracking and Quality Improvement. (2021) (2)
- The next generation of quality assessment: Developing a specialty- and outcome-specific American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (2009) (2)
- Is there hospital variation in long-term incisional hernia repair after abdominal surgery? (2015) (2)
- Cancer Survivorship Issues in Colorectal Cancer (2007) (2)
- American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program's Quality in Training Initiative Pilot Study (2013) (2)
- Using Confidential Clinical Data Registries for Public Reporting and Pay for Performance. (2018) (2)
- Appropriate use of surgical procedures for patients with cancer. (2012) (2)
- Resuming Elective Surgery during Covid-19: Can Inpatient Hospitals Collaborate with Ambulatory Surgery Centers? (2021) (2)
- Correlation Between Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery. (2022) (1)
- Successful Implementation of Enhanced Recovery in Elective Colorectal Surgery is Variable and Dependent on the Local Environment. (2021) (1)
- Quality Indicators in Bariatric Surgery (2006) (1)
- An evaluation of the quality of care for elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery (2007) (1)
- Reply to Letter: "Ability to Prevent Death as a Sequelae of Morbidity May Be an Additional Indicator of Hospital Quality". (2015) (1)
- Modern Management of Cancer of the Rectum (2002) (1)
- Surgical Outcomes in Canada and the United States: An Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Clinical Registry (2022) (1)
- Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery: Intermediate Report on Establishing Consensus for High Quality Surgical Care for Older Adults (2016) (1)
- The new AJCC 6 staging system for colon cancer-does it prognosticate correctly (2004) (1)
- Piperacillin-Tazobactam Compared With Cefoxitin as Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (2023) (1)
- An Objective System for Measuring Surgical Complexity in Elderly Patients (2012) (1)
- A report card on outcomes for surgically treated cancers: are we improving? (2003) (1)
- CHAPTER 89 – THE MANAGEMENT OF HEMORRHAGE DURING PELVIC SURGERY (2005) (1)
- Adherence with Enhanced Recovery Components Contributes to Improved Outcomes (2016) (1)
- Military and Civilian Collaborative Partnership and Surgical Care Quality: A Blueprint for Success (2018) (1)
- Are Patients Traveling Farther for Complex Cancer Surgery? An Evaluation of Patient Travel Time and the Impact of High-Volume Hospitals (2014) (1)
- Procedure-level Misutilization of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery: Implications for Improved Stewardship and More Effective Infection Prevention. (2023) (1)
- Registry‐based randomized clinical trials in surgery: Working with ACS‐NSQIP and the AHPBA to conduct pragmatic trials (2021) (1)
- ACS Clinical Scholars-in-Residence Program offers unique research and educational opportunity. (2013) (1)
- Measuring the quality of breast cancer care: National variation in the use of radiation among women under age 70 (2007) (1)
- Effect of postoperative complications on adjuvant chemotherapy use in stage III colon cancer. (2012) (1)
- Diminishing Disparities: Starting in Our Own Backyards (2007) (1)
- Beyond the clinical trials: How prevalent are sentinel lymph node biopsies performed for breast cancer (2004) (1)
- Can we measure the quality of complex cancer surgery? Comparison of patients and outcomes at National Cancer Institute Designated Cancer Centers (NCI-CC) vs. Non-NCI centers (2012) (1)
- Surgical complications after living and deceased donor liver transplant: The NSQIP transplant experience (2022) (1)
- 423 Are You Calling Me a Poor Performer? Comparison of Outlier Identification Methods in Hospital Surgical Quality Improvement Programs (2010) (1)
- Feasibility of Enhanced Recovery in Emergency Colorectal Surgery. (2020) (1)
- Preoperative Nutritional Optimization of the Oncology Patient: A Scoping Review. (2022) (1)
- Are Kids More Than Just Little Adults? A Comparison of Surgical Outcomes. (2022) (1)
- Scaling and spreading the electronic capture of patient-reported outcomes using a national surgical quality improvement programme: a feasibility study protocol (2022) (1)
- Providing Surgical Care to an Aging Population: Implications for the Surgical Workforce (2011) (1)
- The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Quality in Training Initiative (ACS-NSQIP QITI): results of a systematic review for a national surgical quality improvement curriculum (2013) (1)
- Health‐related quality of life outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer in NRG Oncology/NSABP R‐04 (2022) (1)
- Overall hospital quality: Room for improvement for all (2009) (1)
- Adjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer (2002) (1)
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- Use of Control Charts for Identifying Worsening Postoperative Mortality or Serious Morbidity Performance After Colectomy (2012) (0)
- More Than Size Matters: Comment on (2010) (0)
- Does resection of pancreas cancer have a palliative effect? Longterm appraisal of readmissions (2007) (0)
- Evolution of the American College of Surgeons Children's Surgery Verification Program: Implications for Optimizing Multidisciplinary Surgical Care of the Pediatric Patient (2023) (0)
- Do Hospitals Vary In Their Utilization Of Post-Acute Care Services After Colectomy? (2014) (0)
- Clinical Factors Associated with Intraoperative and Postoperative Transfusion in Pediatric Surgery (2014) (0)
- Making it happen: engaging the power of many in translating research into practice (2023) (0)
- Works Title Using Merged Clinical and Claims Registry Data to Identify High Utilizers of Surgical Inpatient Care 1 Year after Colectomy Permalink (0)
- Which Surgical Outcomes Are Easiest to Improve? An Analysis of 6 Major American College of Surgeons NSQIP Outcomes Over Time (2015) (0)
- Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cystic neoplams and localized solid tumors: variation in utilization and potential as a quality measure (2019) (0)
- Developing a tool to standardize operative room time benchmarks: Another way to improve surgical care (2007) (0)
- Lessons Learned from ACS NSQIP (2019) (0)
- NSQIP Quality Benchmarking and Evaluation of Potential Bias Associated with Higher- or Lower-Risk Operation Case Mix. (2022) (0)
- Selective referral to high-volume hospitals based on illness severity decreases 30-day mortality for five surgical procedures (2009) (0)
- 84: How much more costly is surgery in the elderly? (2007) (0)
- Teamwork, Communication, and Safety Climate: A Systematic Review of Surgical Culture (2014) (0)
- Foreword (2019) (0)
- Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Through Multidisciplinary Work (2017) (0)
- Evaluation of a Parsimonious Risk-Adjustment Model for Vascular Surgery (2010) (0)
- Quality of life and symptoms in long-term survivors (LTS) of colorectal cancer (CRC): Results from NSABP protocol LTS-01. (2010) (0)
- Comparison of Thirty-Day Outcomes after Emergency General Surgery Procedures: Areas for Targeted Improvement (2010) (0)
- PHP51 DOES IMPROVING QUALITY OF CARE SAVE MONEY? ANALYSIS OF HEALTH CARE EFFECTIVENESS DATA AND INFORMATION SET (HEDIS) MEASURES (2009) (0)
- DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FACTORS RELATED TO OSTOMY COMPLICATIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN VETERANS WITH AN OSTOMY: 2427 (2008) (0)
- National Quality Improvement: Federal Regulation, Public Reporting, and the Surgeon (2017) (0)
- Can Surgical Case Complexity be Better Captured? Effect of Secondary CPT Codes on Short-Term Outcome Models After Gastrointestinal Oncologic Operations (2013) (0)
- Using a hybrid NSQIP-claims dataset to study long term outcomes (2013) (0)
- Consensus recommendations on how to assess the quality of surgical interventions (2023) (0)
- Ranking Hospitals on Vascular Surgery Morbidity: Does the Type of Complication Matter? (2012) (0)
- Quality of care in advanced ovarian cancer: How important is provider specialty? (2016) (0)
- Accelerating American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Site Infection Abstraction with a Semi-Automated Approach (2017) (0)
- Identifying the most important bariatric surgery quality indicators: A novel methodology (2006) (0)
- Embarrassment Linked to Quality of Life Outcomes for Veterans with Intestinal Ostomies (2011) (0)
- Title Which patients require more care after hospital discharge ? an analysis of post-acute care use among elderly patients undergoing elective surgery (0)
- The Association of Frailty With Outcomes for Older Adults Undergoing Appendectomy (2022) (0)
- Do Surgeons’ Perceptions of Treatment Risks and Benefits Influence Their Decision to Operate? (2015) (0)
- Identification of modifiable factors for reducing readmission after colectomy: A national analysis (2012) (0)
- Do the elderly benefit from identifying 12 lymph nodes for colon cancer (2007) (0)
- Can the complexity of hepatectomy be captured better? impact of secondary CPT codes on outcomes and hospital quality rankings (2013) (0)
- 451 Improved Mortality for Same Hospital Readmission Following Rectal Cancer Resection (2009) (0)
- Composite Measures for Assessing Hospital Quality With Lower Extremity Bypass Surgery (2012) (0)
- Rating the feasibility of quality indicators: Bariatric surgery pilot study (2006) (0)
- Disparity-Sensitive Measures in Surgical Care: A Delphi Panel Consensus. (2022) (0)
- Development of Quality-of-Care Indicators for Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement (2010) (0)
- Is Incisional Hernia Reoperation a Long term Quality Indicator In General Surgery (2014) (0)
- Clinical scholars in residence program: A beneficial experience for surgical residents and the ACS. (2012) (0)
- Clinical Registry and Administrative Claims Data Disagree on Quality of Surgical Care for Elderly Patients (2014) (0)
- Polypectomy or surgery for malignant colonic polyps: Do we need to change the NCCN guidelines? (2016) (0)
- The cost-effectiveness of improving cancer screening compliance. (2012) (0)
- ACS NSQIP Risk Calculator Accuracy Using a Machine Learning Algorithm Compared to Regression. (2023) (0)
- Does Use of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Calculator Change a Surgeon’s Decision to Operate? A Randomized Trial (2015) (0)
- Unmeasured Risks: Social Determinants of Health Affect Rate of Surgical Complications Despite Clinical Risk Adjustment (2021) (0)
- Influence of Operative Approach and Conduit Type on Short-Term Outcomes After Esophagectomy (2012) (0)
- Procedures codes are more reliable indicators of intraoperative colectomy complication than diagnosis codes (2013) (0)
- Can hospitals equally care for emergency and nonemergency surgical patients? A comparison of emergency and nonemergency colorectal surgery outcomes at 142 NSQIP hospitals (2009) (0)
- Works Title Is there hospital variation in long-term incisional hernia repair after abdominal surgery ? (2015) (0)
- How to effectively improve the cost and outcomes of DVT prophylaxis: A quantitative analysis (2006) (0)
- Bariatric Surgery Outcomes at Designated Centers of Excellence vs Nondesignated Programs—Invited Critique (2009) (0)
- Implementation Of First Phase Of A Quality Improvement Program For Elderly Surgery Patients (2011) (0)
- CHAPTER 48 – The Acute Abdomen (2007) (0)
- Prevention of Perioperative Surgical Site Infection (0)
- The past, present and future of ACS NSQIP-Pediatric: Evolution from a quality registry to a comparative quality performance platform. (2023) (0)
- Underlying Reasons AssociatedWith Hospital Readmission Following Surgery in the United States (2015) (0)
- Do Long-Term Perceptions of Worsened Physical Function Align with Measured Functional Decline in Older Adult Surgical Patients? (2020) (0)
- Modern Management of Cancer of the Rectum Riccardo Audisio, James Geraphty, Walter Longo, Springer-Verlag, London, 2001, 234 p., $119.00, ISBN 1852332875. (2002) (0)
- Surrogate Consent for Surgery Forecasts Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and High Mortality (2015) (0)
- 1032 Short-Term Outcomes After Laparoscopic-Assisted Compared to Open Colectomy for Cancer (2008) (0)
- Residents Leading Quality: Opportunity for Education (2017) (0)
- Morbidity after pancreatoduodenectomy: Analysis of 350 consecutive resections (2003) (0)
- Hospital Quality Rankings in Vascular Surgery: The Impact of Adjusting for Reliability (2010) (0)
- 155: The influence of socioeconomics on post-mastectomy reconstruction: A study of the national initiative on cancer care quality (2007) (0)
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