2024
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Assessing the Incremental Costs Associated With Failure-To-Rescue After Elective Colorectal SurgeryRunning Title: Cost of Failure-To-Rescue After Colorectal Surgery
Schultz K, Moore M, Pantel H, Mongiu A, Reddy V, Schneider E, Leeds I. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Assessing the Incremental Costs Associated With Failure-To-Rescue After Elective Colorectal SurgeryRunning Title: Cost of Failure-To-Rescue After Colorectal Surgery. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2024, 28: 1812-1818. PMID: 39181234, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFailure-to-rescueMedian total hospital costTotal hospital costsColorectal surgeryNational Inpatient SampleUneventful recoveryRetrospective study of adult patientsFailure-to-rescue patientsAssociated with increased healthcare costsStudy of adult patientsElective colorectal resectionHospital costsElective colorectal surgeryNationally representative cohortColorectal resectionElective colectomyPostoperative complicationsRetrospective studyAdult patientsRescue attemptsMedical futilityElective surgeryRepresentative cohortHealthcare costsPrimary outcome
2020
Frailer Patients Undergoing Robotic Colectomies for Colon Cancer Experience Increased Complication Rates Compared With Open or Laparoscopic Approaches.
Lo BD, Leeds IL, Sundel MH, Gearhart S, Nisly GRC, Safar B, Atallah C, Fang SH. Frailer Patients Undergoing Robotic Colectomies for Colon Cancer Experience Increased Complication Rates Compared With Open or Laparoscopic Approaches. Diseases Of The Colon & Rectum 2020, 63: 588-597. PMID: 32032198, DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000001598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive surgical approachSurgical approachPrimary colon cancerFrailer patientsFrail patientsRobotic surgeryPostoperative complicationsComplication rateMajor complicationsRobotic colectomyOpen surgerySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseColon cancerNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databasePropensity scoreImprovement Program databaseColon cancer surgeryMultivariable logistic regressionFrailty indexLaparoscopic approachPrimary outcomeCancer surgeryOperative indicationsRetrospective study
2019
Does Perceived Resident Operative Autonomy Impact Patient Outcomes?
Fieber JH, Bailey EA, Wirtalla C, Johnson AP, Leeds IL, Medbery RL, Ahuja V, VanderMeer T, Wick EC, Irojah B, Kelz RR. Does Perceived Resident Operative Autonomy Impact Patient Outcomes? Journal Of Surgical Education 2019, 76: e182-e188. PMID: 31377204, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral surgery training programsColorectal resectionSurgery serviceSurgery training programsPatient outcomesTrainee autonomyProspective multi-institutional studyColorectal surgery serviceOpen partial colectomyPrior abdominal surgeryRate of readmissionPatients' clinical outcomesPost-graduate year 3Multi-institutional studyImpact patient outcomesMixed effects regression modelsLower ratesAnesthesiologists classificationSeparate mixed-effects regression modelsColorectal surgeryPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesAbdominal surgerySerious morbidityClinical outcomes
2018
Eye of the beholder: Risk calculators and barriers to adoption in surgical trainees
Leeds IL, Rosenblum AJ, Wise PE, Watkins AC, Goldblatt MI, Haut ER, Efron JE, Johnston FM. Eye of the beholder: Risk calculators and barriers to adoption in surgical trainees. Surgery 2018, 164: 1117-1123. PMID: 30149939, PMCID: PMC8383120, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk calculatorRisk assessment toolSurgical traineesCurrent risk calculatorsClinical workflow integrationPrimary outcomeMultivariable regressionDomain scoresRoutine useDirect verbal communicationSurgical residentsAccurate risk assessmentBehavioral factorsSystem usability scoreAssessment tool