2020
Hospital variation in responses to safety warnings about power morcellation in hysterectomy
Xu X, Desai VB, Wright JD, Lin H, Schwartz PE, Gross CP. Hospital variation in responses to safety warnings about power morcellation in hysterectomy. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2020, 224: 589.e1-589.e13. PMID: 33359176, PMCID: PMC8180513, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealthcare DisparitiesHospitalsHumansHysterectomyIntraoperative ComplicationsLaparoscopyLogistic ModelsMiddle AgedMorcellationOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Retrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsLaparoscopic supracervical hysterectomyOpen abdominal hysterectomySupracervical hysterectomyPower morcellationAbdominal hysterectomySurgical complicationsMajor complicationsPatient clinical risk factorsNew York Statewide PlanningClinical risk factorsDistinct trajectory patternsState Ambulatory SurgeryState Inpatient DatabasesSafety warningsTrajectory groupsResearch Cooperative SystemLow useHigher useHysterectomy practiceMinor complicationsBenign hysterectomyBenign indicationsComplication riskHospital variationCorpus uteri
2019
Association Between Power Morcellation and Mortality in Women With Unexpected Uterine Cancer Undergoing Hysterectomy or Myomectomy.
Xu X, Lin H, Wright JD, Gross CP, Boscoe FP, Hutchison LM, Schwartz PE, Desai VB. Association Between Power Morcellation and Mortality in Women With Unexpected Uterine Cancer Undergoing Hysterectomy or Myomectomy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 3412-3424. PMID: 31518176, PMCID: PMC6901279, DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.00562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal abdominal hysterectomyOccult uterine sarcomaUncontained power morcellationDisease-specific mortalityOccult uterine cancerSupracervical abdominal hysterectomyPower morcellationOccult endometrial carcinomaAbdominal hysterectomyUterine sarcomaUterine cancerEndometrial carcinomaMortality riskMultivariable Cox regressionPrognosis of patientsSubset of womenTime of hysterectomyHospital discharge recordsCancer registry dataHigher mortality riskOccult leiomyosarcomaCause mortalityLaparoscopic myomectomyPatient characteristicsBenign indicationsLaparoscopic Hysterectomy Route, Resource Use, and Outcomes: Change After Power Morcellation Warning.
Desai VB, Wright JD, Lin H, Gross CP, Sallah YH, Schwartz PE, Xu X. Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Route, Resource Use, and Outcomes: Change After Power Morcellation Warning. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2019, 134: 227-238. PMID: 31348209, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000003375.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic supracervical hysterectomyTotal laparoscopic hysterectomyLaparoscopic hysterectomySupracervical hysterectomySurgical outcomesFDA warningOperative timeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramLength of stayInterrupted time series analysisQuality Improvement ProgramHysterectomy routePatient characteristicsBenign indicationsInpatient stayPower morcellationPatient outcomesHysterectomyAmerican CollegeSurgical settingU.S. FoodOutcomesStay