Published in Adv Surg on January 01, 2010
Association of hospital participation in a quality reporting program with surgical outcomes and expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA (2015) 2.38
Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator: a decision aid and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 2.37
Readmission destination and risk of mortality after major surgery: an observational cohort study. Lancet (2015) 1.74
Hospital volume and operative mortality in the modern era. Ann Surg (2014) 1.73
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer does not increase risk of perioperative morbidity. BJU Int (2014) 1.55
National Variation in Urethroplasty Cost and Predictors of Extreme Cost: A Cost Analysis With Policy Implications. Urology (2016) 1.40
The use of report cards and outcome measurements to improve the safety of surgical care: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. BMJ Qual Saf (2014) 1.04
Exploring the frontier of electronic health record surveillance: the case of postoperative complications. Med Care (2013) 1.01
Quality of care in humanitarian surgery. World J Surg (2011) 0.96
The power of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program--achieving a zero pneumonia rate in general surgery patients. Perm J (2012) 0.92
Limitations of ACS-NSQIP in reporting complications for patients undergoing pancreatectomy: underscoring the need for a pancreas-specific module. World J Surg (2014) 0.91
Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: The Critical Role of Quality Measurement. Healthc (Amst) (2014) 0.90
Quality of life, risk assessment, and safety research in liver transplantation: new frontiers in health services and outcomes research. Curr Opin Organ Transplant (2012) 0.87
Risk factors for readmission after lower extremity bypass in the American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program. J Vasc Surg (2014) 0.87
The effect of resident participation on short-term outcomes after orthopaedic surgery. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2014) 0.85
Older age increases short-term surgical complications after primary knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2013) 0.83
Evaluation of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Universal Surgical Risk Calculator for a gynecologic oncology service. Int J Gynecol Cancer (2015) 0.83
The relationship between relative value units and outcomes: a multivariate analysis of plastic surgery procedures. Eplasty (2012) 0.82
An unexpectedly high rate of revisions and removals in deep brain stimulation surgery: Analysis of multiple databases. Parkinsonism Relat Disord (2016) 0.82
Failure to rescue after major gynecologic surgery. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2013) 0.81
Evaluation of the performance of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator in gynecologic oncology patients undergoing laparotomy. Gynecol Oncol (2016) 0.79
Laparoscopic vs open partial colectomy in elderly patients: Insights from the American College of Surgeons - National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. World J Gastroenterol (2015) 0.79
Preventable errors in organ transplantation: an emerging patient safety issue? Am J Transplant (2012) 0.79
Is American College of Surgeons NSQIP organ space infection a surrogate for pancreatic fistula? J Am Coll Surg (2014) 0.79
Infrastructure and resources for an aging population: embracing complexity in translational research. Transl Res (2013) 0.77
Nutritional predictors of complications following radical cystectomy. World J Urol (2014) 0.77
Major and minor complications in extraoperative electrocorticography: A review of a national database. Epilepsy Res (2016) 0.77
Rate and complications of adult epilepsy surgery in North America: Analysis of multiple databases. Epilepsy Res (2016) 0.77
Risk factors for infectious readmissions following radical cystectomy: results from a prospective multicenter dataset. Ther Adv Urol (2016) 0.77
Assessing the safety of outpatient ventral hernia repair: a NSQIP analysis of 7666 patients. Hernia (2015) 0.76
Perception Is Reality: quality metrics in pancreas surgery - a Central Pancreas Consortium (CPC) analysis of 1399 patients. HPB (Oxford) (2016) 0.75
Outcomes measures and risk adjustment. Int Anesthesiol Clin (2013) 0.75
Risk factors for 30-day unplanned readmission following infrainguinal endovascular interventions. J Vasc Surg (2017) 0.75
Implementation of a hospital-based quality assessment program for rectal cancer. J Oncol Pract (2014) 0.75
Perioperative outcomes of infrainguinal bypass surgery in patients with and without prior revascularization. J Vasc Surg (2017) 0.75
Acceptability of the decision support for safer surgery tool. Am J Surg (2014) 0.75
Redundancy and variability in quality and outcome reporting for cardiac and thoracic surgery. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2015) 0.75
Incidence and predictive risk factors of postoperative sepsis in orthopedic trauma patients. J Orthop Traumatol (2016) 0.75
Risk Factors of Reoperation After Pancreatic Resection. Dig Dis Sci (2017) 0.75
Preoperative anemia associated with adverse outcomes after infrainguinal bypass surgery in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia. J Vasc Surg (2017) 0.75
Early Complications and Outcomes in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: An NSQIP Study Based on 5803 Patients. Global Spine J (2017) 0.75
Risk factors for 30-day outcomes in elective anterior versus posterior cervical fusion: A matched cohort analysis. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine (2017) 0.75
Morbidity and mortality after surgery for nonmalignant colorectal polyps. Gastrointest Endosc (2017) 0.75
An Online Tool for Global Benchmarking of Risk-Adjusted Surgical Outcomes. World J Surg (2017) 0.75
Laparoscopic versus open ventral hernia repair in patients with chronic liver disease. Surg Endosc (2016) 0.75
The Quality of Care for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Dig Dis Sci (2016) 0.75
JACIE accreditation for blood and marrow transplantation: past, present and future directions of an international model for healthcare quality improvement. Bone Marrow Transplant (2017) 0.75
Colon cancer survival rates with the new American Joint Committee on Cancer sixth edition staging. J Natl Cancer Inst (2004) 10.61
Extent of surgery affects survival for papillary thyroid cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 4.73
The National Cancer Data Base: a powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 3.82
National failure to operate on early stage pancreatic cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 3.65
Toward robust information: data quality and inter-rater reliability in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 3.55
Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgery. JAMA (2006) 3.35
Updated population-based review of carcinoid tumors. Ann Surg (2004) 3.21
Small bowel cancer in the United States: changes in epidemiology, treatment, and survival over the last 20 years. Ann Surg (2009) 3.07
Does surgical quality improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: an evaluation of all participating hospitals. Ann Surg (2009) 3.05
Validation of the 6th edition AJCC Pancreatic Cancer Staging System: report from the National Cancer Database. Cancer (2007) 2.85
Directing surgical quality improvement initiatives: comparison of perioperative mortality and long-term survival for cancer surgery. J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.74
A comparison of clinical registry versus administrative claims data for reporting of 30-day surgical complications. Ann Surg (2012) 2.72
The aging population and its impact on the surgery workforce. Ann Surg (2003) 2.70
American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Comprehensive Cancer Network Quality Measures. J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.69
Effect of delay to operation on outcomes in adults with acute appendicitis. Arch Surg (2010) 2.53
Blueprint for a new American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 2.53
Lymph node evaluation as a colon cancer quality measure: a national hospital report card. J Natl Cancer Inst (2008) 2.46
A 10-year outcomes evaluation of mucinous and signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum. Dis Colon Rectum (2005) 2.45
Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator: a decision aid and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 2.37
Evaluation of surveillance bias and the validity of the venous thromboembolism quality measure. JAMA (2013) 2.31
Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults. Am Surg (2003) 2.30
Readmissions following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreas cancer: a population-based appraisal. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 2.20
Do young colon cancer patients have worse outcomes? World J Surg (2004) 2.20
Validity and feasibility of the american college of surgeons colectomy composite outcome quality measure. Ann Surg (2013) 2.18
Factors predicting complication rates following total knee replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2006) 2.15
The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 2.12
Risk adjustment for comparing hospital quality with surgery: how many variables are needed? J Am Coll Surg (2010) 2.12
Hospitalization before and after gastric bypass surgery. JAMA (2005) 2.12
Use and outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy for cancer in the United States. Arch Surg (2008) 2.10
Malignancies of the appendix: beyond case series reports. Dis Colon Rectum (2005) 2.02
Surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma: does it improve survival? Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 2.01
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. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.94
Assessment of pancreatic cancer care in the United States based on formally developed quality indicators. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 1.92
Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone and completion axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.90
Reliability of superficial surgical site infections as a hospital quality measure. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.90
Prognostic score predicting survival after resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of 3851 patients. Ann Surg (2008) 1.90
Association between occurrence of a postoperative complication and readmission: implications for quality improvement and cost savings. Ann Surg (2013) 1.87
Preoperative predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: systematic review. Obes Surg (2012) 1.86
Thirty-day mortality statistics underestimate the risk of repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a statewide experience. J Vasc Surg (2006) 1.84
Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.84
Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Arch Surg (2009) 1.83
Development of an American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program: morbidity and mortality risk calculator for colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.83
Impact of tumor grade on prognosis in pancreatic cancer: should we include grade in AJCC staging? Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 1.82
Cancer-directed surgery for localized disease: decreased use in the elderly. Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 1.80
Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis at 222 ACS NSQIP hospitals. Surgery (2010) 1.77
Underuse of axillary dissection for the management of sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer. Arch Surg (2010) 1.76
Comparison of commission on cancer-approved and -nonapproved hospitals in the United States: implications for studies that use the National Cancer Data Base. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.75
Comparison of 30-day outcomes after emergency general surgery procedures: potential for targeted improvement. Surgery (2010) 1.74
Measuring the quality of colorectal cancer screening: the importance of follow-up. Dis Colon Rectum (2006) 1.72
Variability in length of stay after colorectal surgery: assessment of 182 hospitals in the national surgical quality improvement program. Ann Surg (2009) 1.70
Reliability adjustment for reporting hospital outcomes with surgery. Ann Surg (2012) 1.70
Are survival rates different for young and older patients with rectal cancer? Dis Colon Rectum (2004) 1.69
Small bowel obstruction: a population-based appraisal. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.65
Surgeon volume as a predictor of outcomes in inpatient and outpatient endocrine surgery. Surgery (2007) 1.65
Multimodality therapy for pancreatic cancer in the U.S. : utilization, outcomes, and the effect of hospital volume. Cancer (2007) 1.63
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. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.62
A meta-analysis of perioperative beta blockade: what is the actual risk reduction? Surgery (2005) 1.61
Pancreatectomy risk calculator: an ACS-NSQIP resource. HPB (Oxford) (2010) 1.61
Complete lymph node dissection for sentinel node-positive melanoma: assessment of practice patterns in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 1.60
Wait times for cancer surgery in the United States: trends and predictors of delays. Ann Surg (2011) 1.59
Risk factors for superficial vs deep/organ-space surgical site infections: implications for quality improvement initiatives. JAMA Surg (2013) 1.59
Using the NCDB for cancer care improvement: an introduction to available quality assessment tools. J Surg Oncol (2009) 1.58
Effect of postoperative complications on adjuvant chemotherapy use for stage III colon cancer. Ann Surg (2013) 1.56
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. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.56
Risk-based selective referral for cancer surgery: a potential strategy to improve perioperative outcomes. Ann Surg (2010) 1.53
Do young breast cancer patients have worse outcomes? J Surg Res (2003) 1.53
Complication rates following open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2009) 1.50
Race and surgical outcomes: it is not all black and white. Ann Surg (2008) 1.48
Risk of surgery following recent myocardial infarction. Ann Surg (2011) 1.47
Variation in lymph node examination after esophagectomy for cancer in the United States. Arch Surg (2012) 1.46
Comparison of hospital performance in trauma vs emergency and elective general surgery: implications for acute care surgery quality improvement. Arch Surg (2012) 1.46
Effect of hospital volume on margin status after pancreaticoduodenectomy for cancer. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.46
Comparison of reoperation rates following ankle arthrodesis and total ankle arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2007) 1.45
A population-based study of colorectal cancer test use: results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. Cancer (2004) 1.45
Relevance of the c-statistic when evaluating risk-adjustment models in surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.45
Negative appendectomy in pregnant women is associated with a substantial risk of fetal loss. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.44
Application of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma staging system to pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.44
Are 12 nodes needed to accurately stage T1 and T2 colon cancers? Dig Dis Sci (2008) 1.44
The role of Surgical Champions in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program--a national survey. J Surg Res (2010) 1.43
Clinicopathologic features and treatment trends of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of 9,821 patients. J Gastrointest Surg (2007) 1.41
Risk adjustment in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: a comparison of logistic versus hierarchical modeling. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.40
Impact of isolated clinical performance feedback on clinical productivity of an academic surgical faculty. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.39
Association of surgical care improvement project infection-related process measure compliance with risk-adjusted outcomes: implications for quality measurement. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.38