Johns Hopkins
Surgery Center for Outcomes Research 

February 2016

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Beta-blocker use is associated with lower stroke and death after carotid artery stenting.

Obeid T, Arhuidese I, Gaidry A, Qazi U, Abularrage C, Goodney P, Cronenwett J, Malas M.

J Vasc Surg. 2016 Feb;63(2):363-9.

 

Factors Associated With Interhospital Variability in Inpatient Costs of Liver and Pancreatic Resections.

Nelson-Williams H, Gani F, Kilic A, Spolverato G, Kim Y, Wagner D, Amini N, Ejaz A, Pawlik TM.

JAMA Surg. 2016 Feb 1;151(2):155-63.

 

30-Day In-hospital Trauma Mortality in Four Urban University Hospitals Using an Indian Trauma Registry.

Roy N, Gerdin M, Ghosh S, Gupta A, Kumar V, Khajanchi M, Schneider EB, Gruen R, Tomson G, von Schreeb J.

World J Surg. 2016 Feb 24.

 

Predictors of Perineal Wound Complications and Prolonged Time to Perineal Wound Healing After Abdominoperineal Resection.

Althumairi AA, Canner JK, Gearhart SL, Safar B, Sacks J, Efron JE.

World J Surg. 2016 Feb 23. 

 

Validation of a modified Frailty Index to predict mortality in vascular surgery patients.

Ehlert BA, Najafian A, Orion KC, Malas MB, Black JH 3rd, Abularrage CJ.

J Vasc Surg. 2016 Feb 26. pii: S0741-5214(16)00077-X.

 

One-Third of Patients in a National Cohort Initiating Hemodialysis With a Catheter Despite 6 Months of Nephrology Care.

Zarkowsky DS, Hicks CW, Malas MB.

JAMA Surg. 2016 Feb 24.

 

Burden of Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers on Hospital Admissions and Costs.

Hicks CW, Selvarajah S, Mathioudakis N, Sherman RE, Hines KF, Black JH 3rd, Abularrage CJ.

Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 Feb 22.

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Effect of surgeon and anesthesiologist volume on surgical outcomes.

Gani F, Kim Y, Weiss MJ, Makary MA, Wolfgang CL, Hirose K, Cameron JL, Wasey JO, Frank SM, Pawlik TM.

J Surg Res. 2016 Feb;200(2):427-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.08.010. [Epub 2015 Aug 14.]