Published in Ann Surg on January 01, 2015
Predictors of postoperative acute renal failure after noncardiac surgery in patients with previously normal renal function. Anesthesiology (2007) 3.96
Association between sarcopenia and the risk of serious infection among adults undergoing liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2013) 1.88
Accelerating the pace of surgical quality improvement: the power of hospital collaboration. Arch Surg (2010) 1.80
Surgical site infection and analytic morphometric assessment of body composition in patients undergoing midline laparotomy. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.73
Preoperative and intraoperative predictors of cardiac adverse events after general, vascular, and urological surgery. Anesthesiology (2009) 1.72
Effect of body mass index on the survival benefit of liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2007) 1.69
Donation after cardiac death as a strategy to increase deceased donor liver availability. Ann Surg (2006) 1.66
Incremental costs of post-liver transplantation complications. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.63
Sarcopenia as a prognostic factor among patients with stage III melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 1.57
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
Patients' perspectives of care and surgical outcomes in Michigan: an analysis using the CAHPS hospital survey. Ann Surg (2014) 1.52
The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative: a legacy of Shukri Khuri. Am J Surg (2009) 1.48
Financial implications of surgical complications in pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant (2008) 1.48
There is plenty for everyone: transection of the infracardiac inferior vena cava during organ recovery. Liver Transpl (2012) 1.48
Frailty, core muscle size, and mortality in patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg (2011) 1.47
Is routine ureteral stenting cost-effective in renal transplantation? J Urol (2007) 1.41
Failure to Rescue as a Quality Improvement Approach in Transplantation: A First Effort to Evaluate This Tool in Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Transplantation (2016) 1.39
A comparison of in-hospital mortality risk conferred by high hospital occupancy, differences in nurse staffing levels, weekend admission, and seasonal influenza. Med Care (2010) 1.36
Obesity, surgical site infection, and outcome following renal transplantation. Ann Surg (2009) 1.34
Biliary complications following liver transplantation in the model for end-stage liver disease era: effect of donor, recipient, and technical factors. Liver Transpl (2008) 1.30
Frailty and delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients. Arch Surg (2012) 1.30
Measurement of foot traffic in the operating room: implications for infection control. Am J Med Qual (2009) 1.26
Antibiotic choice is independently associated with risk of surgical site infection after colectomy: a population-based cohort study. Ann Surg (2013) 1.20
Informatics and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: automated processes could replace manual record review. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.13
Analytic morphometric assessment of patients undergoing colectomy for colon cancer. J Surg Oncol (2013) 1.02
Influence of body mass index on complications and oncologic outcomes following hepatectomy for malignancy. J Gastrointest Surg (2010) 1.01
Body mass index and adverse perioperative outcomes following hepatic resection. J Gastrointest Surg (2010) 0.98
Resident participation does not affect surgical outcomes, despite introduction of new techniques. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.98
Effect of intraoperative hyperglycemia during liver transplantation. J Surg Res (2007) 0.98
The importance of improving the quality of emergency surgery for a regional quality collaborative. Ann Surg (2013) 0.98
Quantifying the eyeball test: sarcopenia, analytic morphomics, and liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2012) 0.94
A statewide, community-based assessment of alvimopan's effect on surgical outcomes. Ann Surg (2013) 0.94
A contemporary comparison of aortofemoral bypass and aortoiliac stenting in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease. Ann Vasc Surg (2010) 0.94
Resident workload, pager communications, and quality of care. World J Surg (2010) 0.93
Improving mortality following emergent surgery in older patients requires focus on complication rescue. Ann Surg (2013) 0.93
Operative mortality after renal transplantation--does surgeon type matter? J Urol (2007) 0.92
How can the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program help or hinder the general surgeon? Adv Surg (2008) 0.91
A statewide colectomy experience: the role of full bowel preparation in preventing surgical site infection. Ann Surg (2014) 0.90
A statewide consortium of surgical care: a longitudinal investigation of vascular operative procedures at 16 hospitals. Surgery (2010) 0.89
Abdominal aortic calcification and surgical outcomes in patients with no known cardiovascular risk factors. Ann Surg (2013) 0.88
Emergent versus elective cholecystectomy: conversion rates and outcomes. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2013) 0.88
Portal vein thrombosis and outcomes for pediatric liver transplant candidates and recipients in the United States. Liver Transpl (2011) 0.88
Effects of smoking on survival for patients with end-stage liver disease. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 0.87
Addition of adult-to-adult living donation to liver transplant programs improves survival but at an increased cost. Liver Transpl (2009) 0.87
Dorsal muscle group area and surgical outcomes in liver transplantation. Clin Transplant (2014) 0.87
Cost of major surgery in the sarcopenic patient. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.86
Clinical yield of diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in orthotopic liver transplant recipients with suspected biliary complications. Liver Transpl (2012) 0.84
Analyzing "failure to rescue": is this an opportunity for outcome improvement in cardiac surgery? Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.84
Quality of life in liver transplant candidates: frailty is a better indicator than severity of liver disease. Transplantation (2015) 0.83
Prophylactic antibiotic practices for colectomy in Michigan. Am J Surg (2011) 0.83
Building the case for enhanced recovery protocols in living kidney donors. Transplantation (2015) 0.83
A prospective, randomized trial of complete avoidance of steroids in liver transplantation with follow-up of over 7 years. HPB (Oxford) (2012) 0.81
More is not always better: a case postrenal transplant large volume diuresis, hyponatremia, and postoperative seizure. Transpl Int (2006) 0.81
Cigarette smoking in living kidney donors: donor and recipient outcomes. Clin Transplant (2014) 0.80
The effect of smoking on biliary complications following liver transplantation. Transpl Int (2011) 0.80
Preoperative risk factors for postoperative Clostridium difficile infection in colectomy patients. Am J Surg (2013) 0.79
Survival among children with portal vein thrombosis and end-stage liver disease. Pediatr Transplant (2009) 0.79
Improving the care of elderly adults undergoing surgery in Michigan. J Am Geriatr Soc (2014) 0.79
Preoperative Opioid Use is Independently Associated With Increased Costs and Worse Outcomes After Major Abdominal Surgery. Ann Surg (2017) 0.78
Financial impact of surgical site infection after kidney transplantation: implications for quality improvement initiative design. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.78
Can urologic oncologists help expand the renal donor pool with "restored" kidneys? Urol Oncol (2008) 0.77
Reliability of surgeon-specific reporting of complications after colectomy. Ann Surg (2015) 0.77
Does using HTK solution for cold perfusion of cadaveric kidneys save money? Transplantation (2006) 0.76
Does using HTK solution for cold perfusion of cadaveric kidneys save money? Transplantation (2006) 0.76
Clinical and economic outcomes of rabbit antithymocyte globulin induction in adults who received kidney transplants from living unrelated donors and received cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. Pharmacotherapy (2009) 0.76
Complication rates of ostomy surgery are high and vary significantly between hospitals. Dis Colon Rectum (2014) 0.75
Hospital Analgesia Practices and Patient-reported Pain After Colorectal Resection. Ann Surg (2016) 0.75
Population-based Assessment of Intraoperative Fluid Administration Practices Across Three Surgical Specialties. Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Living donor kidney transplantation at the University of Michigan. Clin Transpl (2011) 0.75
Optimizing Value of Colon Surgery in Michigan. Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Probability of Opioid Prescription Refilling After Surgery: Does Initial Prescription Dose Matter? Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Oral antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections following colon surgery. Adv Surg (2011) 0.75
Local anesthesia: a strategy for reducing surgical site infections? World J Surg (2011) 0.75
Targeting Value-Driven Quality Improvement for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Michigan. Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Patient, Surgeon, or Hospital: Explaining Variation in Outcomes after Colectomy. J Am Coll Surg (2022) 0.75
Effect of Preoperative Opioid Exposure on Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Following Elective Abdominal Surgery. Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Salvage of an unstable brain dead donor with prompt extracorporeal support. Transplantation (2004) 0.75
Portrayal of organ donation and transplantation on American primetime television. Clin Transplant (2011) 0.75
Iatrogenic Opioid Dependence in the United States: Are Surgeons the Gatekeepers? Ann Surg (2017) 0.75
Salvage of an unstable brain dead donor with prompt extracorporeal support. Transplantation (2005) 0.75