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Hospital Characteristics Associated with Failure to Rescue from Complications after Pancreatectomy by Ghaferi, Amir A., MD, MS, Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, MS, Birkmeyer, John D., MD, FACS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, FACS

“…Background Failure to rescue (ie, mortality after a major complication) has recently been demonstrated as a mechanism underlying differences between high and…”
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Adverse Events After Atherectomy: Analyzing Long-Term Outcomes of Endovascular Lower Extremity Revascularization Techniques by Ramkumar, Niveditta, Martinez-Camblor, Pablo, Columbo, Jesse A, Osborne, Nicholas H, Goodney, Philip P, O'Malley, A James

“…Background The long-term effectiveness of atherectomy treatment for peripheral arterial disease is unknown. We studied 5-year clinical outcomes by endovascular…”
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A Combined Computational Fluid Dynamics and Arterial Spin Labeling MRI Modeling Strategy to Quantify Patient-Specific Cerebral Hemodynamics in Cerebrovascular Occlusive Disease by Schollenberger, Jonas, Osborne, Nicholas H., Hernandez-Garcia, Luis, Figueroa, C. Alberto

“…Cerebral hemodynamics in the presence of cerebrovascular occlusive disease (CVOD) are influenced by the anatomy of the intracranial arteries, the degree of…”
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Risk Adjustment for Comparing Hospital Quality with Surgery: How Many Variables Are Needed? by Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, FACS, Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, MS, Hall, Bruce L., MD, PhD, FACS, Ko, Clifford Y., MD, MS, FACS, Birkmeyer, John D., MD, FACS

“…Background The American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) will soon be reporting procedure-specific outcomes, and…”
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Explaining racial disparities in mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair by Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, Upchurch, Gilbert R., MD, Mathur, Amit K., MD, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH

“…Background Black patients have a higher mortality rate than nonblacks after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. We sought to understand the factors responsible…”
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Assessment of Patterns of Atherectomy Use by Brown, Craig S, Eton, Ryan E, Yaser, Jessica M, Syrjamaki, John D, Corriere, Matthew A, Henke, Peter K, Englesbe, Michael J, Osborne, Nicholas H

“…Background Atherectomy has become the fastest growing catheter-based peripheral vascular intervention performed in the United States, and overuse has been…”
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Gender-specific 30-day outcomes after carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting in the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Registry by Jim, Jeffrey, MD, Dillavou, Ellen D., MD, Upchurch, Gilbert R., MD, Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, Kenwood, Christopher T., MS, Siami, Flora S., MPH, White, Rodney A., MD, Ricotta, Joseph J., MD

“…Objective Although the optimal treatment of carotid stenosis remains unclear, available data suggest that women have higher risk of adverse events after…”
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Improving American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Risk Adjustment: Incorporation of a Novel Procedure Risk Score by Raval, Mehul V., MD, MS, Cohen, Mark E., PhD, Ingraham, Angela M., MD, MS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, FACS, Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, MS, Hamilton, Barton H., PhD, Ko, Clifford Y., MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, Hall, Bruce L., MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

“…Background Risk-adjusted evaluation is a key component of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). The…”
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Trends in Hospital Volume and Operative Mortality for High-Risk Surgery by Finks, Jonathan F, Osborne, Nicholas H, Birkmeyer, John D

“…Operative mortality is lower at hospitals with a high volume of certain surgical procedures. In this analysis of Medicare data, operative mortality declined…”
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Combined risk modelling approach to identify the optimal carotid revascularisation approach by Burke, James Francis, Morgenstern, Lewis B, Osborne, Nicholas H, Hayward, Rodney A

“…BackgroundCarotid endarterectomy (CEA) results in fewer perioperative strokes, but more myocardial infarctions (MI) than carotid artery stenting (CAS). We…”
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The impact of adjusting for reliability on hospital quality rankings in vascular surgery by Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, MS, Ko, Clifford Y., MD, MS, Upchurch, Gilbert R., MD, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH

“…Background Hospital quality in vascular surgery is often measured using mortality. We sought to determine whether adjusting mortality for statistical…”
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Comparison of unilateral vs bilateral and staged bilateral vs concurrent bilateral truncal endovenous ablation in the Vascular Quality Initiative by Brown, Craig S., Osborne, Nicholas H., Kim, Gloria Y., Sutzko, Danielle C., Wakefield, Thomas W., Obi, Andrea T., Koleilat, Issam

“…Venous insufficiency is commonly bilateral, and patients often prefer single-episode care compared with staged procedures. Few studies have investigated…”
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Identifying High-Quality Bariatric Surgery Centers: Hospital Volume or Risk-Adjusted Outcomes? by Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, Nicholas, Lauren, PhD, Birkmeyer, John D., MD, FACS

“…Background Payers and professional organizations are expanding accreditation and “centers of excellence” programs in bariatric surgery. Rather than directly…”
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First 10-month results of the Vascular Quality Initiative Varicose Vein Registry by Obi, Andrea T., MD, Sutzko, Danielle C., MD, MS, Almeida, Jose I., MD, Kabnick, Lowell, MD, Cronenwett, Jack L., MD, Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, MS, Lal, Brajesh K., MD, Wakefield, Thomas W., MD

“…Abstract Objective The Vascular Quality Initiative Varicose Vein Registry (VQI VVR) represents a new Patient Safety Organization database launched in January…”
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Association of Hospital Participation in a Quality Reporting Program With Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures for Medicare Beneficiaries by Osborne, Nicholas H, Nicholas, Lauren H, Ryan, Andrew M, Thumma, Jyothi R, Dimick, Justin B

“…IMPORTANCE: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) provides feedback to hospitals on risk-adjusted…”
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A versatile technique for high-resolution three-dimensional imaging of human arterial segments using microcomputed tomography by Robinson, Scott T., Levey, Ruth E., Beatty, Rachel, Connolly, David, Dolan, Eimear B., Osborne, Nicholas H., Dockery, Peter, Henke, Peter K., Duffy, Garry P.

“…Quantitative methods for evaluating microstructure of arterial specimens typically rely on histologic techniques that involve random sampling, which cannot…”
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Do Popular Media and Internet-Based Hospital Quality Ratings Identify Hospitals with Better Cardiovascular Surgery Outcomes? by Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, Nicholas, Lauren H., PhD, Ghaferi, Amir A., MD, Upchurch, Gilbert R., MD, FACS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH

“…Background Several popular media and Internet-based hospital quality rankings have become increasingly publicized as a method for patients to choose better…”
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Association of High Mortality With Postoperative Myocardial Infarction After Major Vascular Surgery Despite Use of Evidence-Based Therapies by Beaulieu, Robert J, Sutzko, Danielle C, Albright, Jeremy, Jeruzal, Erin, Osborne, Nicholas H, Henke, Peter K

“…Patients undergoing vascular surgery are at high risk of postoperative myocardial infarction (POMI). Postoperative myocardial infarction is independently…”
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Real-world application of Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection scores in peripheral arterial disease patients by Smith, Margaret E., Braet, Drew J., Albright, Jeremy, Corriere, Matthew A., Osborne, Nicholas H., Henke, Peter

“…The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) classification system aims to risk stratify patients with chronic…”
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Earned outcomes correlate with reliability-adjusted surgical mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and predict future performance by Jones, Douglas W., Simons, Jessica P., Osborne, Nicholas H., Schermerhorn, Marc, Dimick, Justin B., Schanzer, Andres

“…Cumulative, probability-based metrics are regularly used to measure quality in professional sports, but these methods have not been applied to health care…”
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