Search Results - "Curry, Joanna"
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Mortality and resource utilization in surgical versus transcatheter repeat mitral valve replacement: A national analysis
Published in PloS one (23-05-2024)“…Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) has garnered interest as a viable alternative to the traditional surgical mitral valve replacement (SMVR) for…”
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Hospital-level variation in hospitalization costs for spinal fusion in the United States
Published in PloS one (08-02-2024)“…With a growing emphasis on value of care, understanding factors associated with rising healthcare costs is increasingly important. In this national study, we…”
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A National Analysis of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Patients with Operative Trauma
Published in Surgery open science (01-06-2024)“…Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) presents with a complex spectrum of clinical manifestations that complicate postoperative management. In trauma setting,…”
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Trends, outcomes, and factors associated with in-hospital opioid overdose following major surgery
Published in Surgery open science (01-03-2024)“…With the growing opioid epidemic across the US, in-hospital utilization of opioids has garnered increasing attention. Using a national cohort, this study…”
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Association of substance-use disorder with outcomes of major elective abdominal operations: A contemporary national analysis
Published in Surgery open science (01-06-2024)“…Affecting >20million people in the U.S., including 4 % of all hospitalized patients, substance use disorder (SUD) represents a growing public health crisis…”
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Percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement as a bridge to cholecystectomy for grade III acute cholecystitis: A national analysis
Published in Surgery open science (01-03-2024)“…Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PCT) is an alternative to cholecystectomy (CCY) in high-risk surgical candidates with severe acute cholecystitis. A subset of…”
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Association of severe obesity with risk of conversion to open in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis
Published in Surgery open science (01-08-2024)“…Obesity is a known risk factor for cholecystitis and is associated with technical complications during laparoscopic procedures. The present study seeks to…”
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Heart Transplantation After Donation After Circulatory Death: Early United States Experience
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-08-2024)“…Given the renewed interest in heart transplantation after donation after circulatory death (DCD), a contemporary analysis of trends and longer-term survival is…”
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Impact of Community Socioeconomic Distress on Survival Following Heart Transplantation
Published in Annals of surgery (01-03-2024)“…The aim of this study was to assess the impact of community-level socioeconomic deprivation on survival outcomes following heart transplantation. Despite…”
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Association of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage with use of minimally invasive resection for non–small cell lung cancer
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-10-2024)“…Minimally invasive resection for non–small cell lung cancer has been linked to decreased postoperative morbidity. This work sought to characterize factors…”
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Impact of Early Tracheostomy After Lung Transplantation: A National Analysis
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-06-2024)“…Prolonged mechanical ventilation is common among lung transplant recipients, affecting nearly one-third of patients. Tracheostomy has been shown as a…”
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Discharge against medical advice in trauma patients: Trends, risk factors, and implications for health care management strategies
Published in Surgery (01-09-2024)“…Given the nonelective nature of most trauma admissions, patients who experience trauma are at a particular risk of discharge against medical advice. Despite…”
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Association of rurality with short-term outcomes of peripheral vascular trauma
Published in Surgery (01-07-2024)“…Peripheral vascular trauma is a major contributing factor to long-term disability and mortality among patients with traumatic injuries. However, an analysis…”
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Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Does Not Confer Superior Outcomes Among Frail Patients
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-06-2024)“…•High-risk surgical patients were believed to benefit from off-pump revascularization.•In a cohort of frail patients, on-pump bypass was linked with similar…”
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Current Status of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: Investigating Structural Racial Disparity
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-09-2024)“…Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) remains a personal decision, influenced by psychosocial factors including cosmesis and peace of mind. While…”
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Hospital-level variation in costs of elective nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Published in Surgery (01-09-2024)“…With the aging population in the United States, the incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysms is shifting to older ages. Given changing demographic…”
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Trends and associated outcomes of fat embolism after trauma surgery
Published in Surgery (01-08-2024)“…Fat embolism is a life-threatening complication often occurring in patients with traumatic injuries. However, temporal trends and perioperative outcomes of fat…”
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Demystifying the association of center-level operative trauma volume and outcomes of emergency general surgery
Published in Surgery (01-08-2024)“…Recent studies have demonstrated a positive volume-outcome relationship in emergency general surgery. Some have advocated for the sub-specialization of…”
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Association of Frailty With Clinical and Financial Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation
Published in Clinical transplantation (01-09-2024)“…Frailty, a measure of physiological aging and reserve, has been validated as a prognostic indicator of mortality in patients with cirrhosis. However,…”
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Impact of Safety-Net Hospital Status on Immediate Reconstruction Following Mastectomy: A Contemporary National Analysis
Published in The American surgeon (01-10-2024)“…Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) following mastectomy has been shown to improve quality of life and partially mitigate the adverse psychological impacts…”
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