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Merkow, Ryan
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Concept Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Concept Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Concept Emergency Service, Hospital
Concept Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Concept Evaluation Studies as Topic
Concept Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Concept Decision Support Techniques
Concept Health Surveys
Concept Cross-Sectional Studies
Concept Emergency Medical Services
Concept Feasibility Studies
Concept Length of Stay
Concept Neoplasm Staging
Concept Prospective Payment System
Concept Health Status Indicators
Concept Reference Standards
Concept Cohort Studies
Concept Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Concept Smoking
Concept Job Satisfaction
Concept Sensitivity and Specificity
Concept Sigmoid Neoplasms
Concept Societies, Medical
Concept Surgery Department, Hospital
Concept Surgical Procedures, Operative
Concept Surgical Wound Infection
Concept Statistics as Topic
Concept United States
Concept Ulcer
Concept Relative Value Scales
Concept Stents
Concept Chi-Square Distribution
Concept Sepsis
Concept Nursing Staff, Hospital
Concept Self Report
Concept Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Concept Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Concept Surveys and Questionnaires
Concept National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Concept Health Status Disparities
Concept Severity of Illness Index
Concept Socioeconomic Factors
Concept Stomach Neoplasms
Concept Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Concept Propensity Score
Concept Sigmoidoscopy
Concept Skin Neoplasms
Concept General Surgery
Concept Models, Statistical
Concept Survival Analysis
Concept Patient Satisfaction
Concept Survival Rate
Concept Patient Selection
Concept Sexual Harassment
Concept SEER Program
Concept Statistics, Nonparametric
Concept Health Care Surveys
Concept Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
Concept Bariatric Surgery
Concept Colorectal Surgery
Concept Data Interpretation, Statistical
Concept Follow-Up Studies
Concept Health Status
Concept Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Concept Prospective Studies
Concept Retrospective Studies
Concept Digestive System Surgical Procedures
Concept Elective Surgical Procedures
Concept Disease-Free Survival
Concept Patient Safety
Academic Article Quality of pancreatic cancer care at Veterans Administration compared with non-Veterans Administration hospitals.
Academic Article Clinicopathologic features and treatment trends of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of 9,821 patients.
Academic Article Application of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma staging system to pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Academic Article Post-discharge venous thromboembolism after cancer surgery: extending the case for extended prophylaxis.
Academic Article Treatment trends, risk of lymph node metastasis, and outcomes for localized esophageal cancer.
Academic Article Effect of post-discharge venous thromboembolism on hospital quality comparisons following hip and knee arthroplasty.
Academic Article National assessment of margin status as a quality indicator after pancreatic cancer surgery.
Academic Article Impact of hepatectomy surgical complexity on outcomes and hospital quality rankings.
Academic Article Postoperative complications reduce adjuvant chemotherapy use in resectable pancreatic cancer.
Academic Article Doubling of 30-Day Mortality by 90 Days After Esophagectomy: A Critical Measure of Outcomes for Quality Improvement.
Academic Article Assessment of hospital-level adjusted breast cancer sentinel lymph node positivity rates.
Academic Article Abrupt Discontinuation of the Codman Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump: Considerations in the Era of Precision Medicine.
Academic Article Comparison of postoperative complication risk prediction approaches based on factors known preoperatively to surgeons versus patients.
Academic Article Variation in Hospital Utilization of Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy for Localized Pancreatic Neoplasms.
Academic Article Barriers to Post-Discharge Monitoring and Patient-Clinician Communication: A Qualitative Study.
Academic Article Management of colorectal cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations from a statewide multidisciplinary cancer collaborative.
Academic Article Development of the Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative (ISQIC): Implementing 21 Components to Catalyze Statewide Improvement in Surgical Care.
Concept Sentinel Lymph Node
Concept Surgical Oncology
Concept Robotic Surgical Procedures
Concept Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures
Concept Observational Studies as Topic
Concept Surgeons
Academic Article Development of a composite measure of state-level malpractice environment.
Academic Article Relationship between cancer center accreditation and performance on publicly reported quality measures.
Academic Article Consider Quality of Life to Improve Quality of Cancer Guidelines-Reply.
Academic Article Does Second Reader Opinion Affect Patient Management in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma?
Academic Article Utilization and Treatment Patterns of Cytoreduction Surgery and Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in the United States.
Academic Article Preserving an Academic Mission in the Face of Clinical Productivity Targets: Where Is the Academic Surgeon's Carrot?
Academic Article Failure to administer recommended chemotherapy: acceptable variation or cancer care quality blind spot?
Academic Article Utilization of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Its Association with Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer.
Academic Article Practical Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Observational Data.
Academic Article Hospital variation in use of prophylactic drains following hepatectomy.
Academic Article Complications and Readmissions Associated with First Assistant Training Level Following Elective Bariatric Surgery.
Academic Article Looking Beyond Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality as Measures of Surgical Quality.
Academic Article Postoperative LAMN surveillance recommendations.
Academic Article Invited Commentary: Reducing Postoperative Infection and Antibiotic Resistance: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Surgical Care.
Academic Article Readability of online patient education materials for Merkel cell carcinoma.
Academic Article Laparoscopic-assisted vs. open colectomy for cancer: comparison of short-term outcomes from 121 hospitals.
Academic Article Use of multimodality neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer in the United States: assessment of 987 hospitals.
Academic Article Evidence-based medicine in surgery: the importance of both experimental and observational study designs.
Academic Article Variation in lymph node examination after esophagectomy for cancer in the United States.
Academic Article Short-term outcomes after esophagectomy at 164 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program hospitals: effect of operative approach and hospital-level variation.
Academic Article Effect of including cancer-specific variables on risk-adjusted hospital surgical quality comparisons.
Academic Article Efficiency of colorectal cancer care among veterans: analysis of treatment wait times at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
Academic Article Reply to Letter: "Ability to Prevent Death as a Sequelae of Morbidity May Be an Additional Indicator of Hospital Quality".
Academic Article Risk factors for post-pancreaticoduodenectomy delayed gastric emptying in the absence of pancreatic fistula or intra-abdominal infection.
Academic Article Nonresectional regional therapies for metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver.
Academic Article Post-operative complications and readmissions following outpatient elective Nissen fundoplication.
Academic Article The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Hospital Ratings: Pitfalls Of Grading On A Single Curve.
Academic Article A comprehensive national survey on thoughts of leaving residency, alternative career paths, and reasons for staying in general surgery training.
Academic Article Margin Positivity in Resectable Esophageal Cancer: Are there Modifiable Risk Factors?
Academic Article Association between surgical approach and survival following resection of abdominopelvic malignancies.
Academic Article Post Hepatectomy Liver Failure Risk Calculator for Preoperative and Early Postoperative Period Following Major Hepatectomy.
Academic Article A Textbook Answer to the Debate About Medicare's Prospective Payment System Exemption?
Academic Article National Evaluation of Patient Preferences in Selecting Hospitals and Health Care Providers.
Academic Article Disparities Research-Mitigating Inequities in Surgical Care.
Academic Article A postdischarge venous thromboembolism risk calculator for inflammatory bowel disease surgery.
Academic Article Necessity of posttreatment surveillance for low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms.
Academic Article Surgical Cancer Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Taking Care of America's Vulnerable Patients.
Academic Article A Framework for Reporting Cohort Derivation in Studies Using the National Cancer Database.
Academic Article Yttrium-90 Radioembolization of Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Long-Term Follow-up for a 136-Patient Cohort.
Academic Article Evaluation of emergency department treat-and-release encounters after major gastrointestinal surgery.
Academic Article Size of sentinel node metastases predicts other nodal disease and survival in malignant melanoma.
Academic Article Variability in reoperation rates at 182 hospitals: a potential target for quality improvement.
Academic Article Comparison of outlier identification methods in hospital surgical quality improvement programs.
Academic Article Interpretation of the C-statistic in the context of ACS-NSQIP models.
Academic Article Effect of histologic subtype on treatment and outcomes for esophageal cancer in the United States.
Academic Article Relevance of the c-statistic when evaluating risk-adjustment models in surgery.
Academic Article Currently available quality improvement initiatives in surgical oncology.
Academic Article Importance of and adherence to lymph node staging standards in gastrointestinal cancer.
Academic Article Outcomes research in surgical oncology.
Academic Article Factors affecting selection of operative approach and subsequent short-term outcomes after anatomic resection for lung cancer.
Academic Article Treatment trends and predictors of adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for gastric adenocarcinoma in the United States.
Academic Article 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.
Academic Article Association between postoperative complications and reoperation for patients undergoing geriatric surgery and the effect of reoperation on mortality.
Academic Article Effect of including cancer-specific variables on models examining short-term outcomes.
Academic Article Validity and feasibility of the american college of surgeons colectomy composite outcome quality measure.
Academic Article Is Illinois heeding the call to regionalize pancreatic surgery?
Academic Article The cost-effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemoradiation is superior to a surgery-first approach in the treatment of pancreatic head adenocarcinoma.
Academic Article Assessment of advanced gastric cancer management in the United States.
Academic Article Immediate two-stage tissue expander breast reconstruction compared with one-stage permanent implant breast reconstruction: a multi-institutional comparison of short-term complications.
Academic Article Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus.
Academic Article Effect of cancer surgery complexity on short-term outcomes, risk predictions, and hospital comparisons.
Academic Article Reply to Letter: "Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Colorectal Cancer Resection: A UK Perspective".
Academic Article Does Performance Vary Within the Same Hospital When Separately Examining Different Patient Subgroups?
Academic Article Exploring the Underlying Mechanisms of the Volume-Outcome Relationship in Complex Cancer Care.
Academic Article Practical Guide to Surgical Data Sets: National Cancer Database (NCDB).
Academic Article Physician characteristics associated with patient experience scores: implications for adjusting public reporting of individual physician scores.
Academic Article Preoperative risk evaluation for pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Academic Article Association of preoperative biliary drainage technique with postoperative outcomes among patients with resectable hepatobiliary malignancy.
Academic Article National Use of Chemotherapy in Initial Management of Stage I Pancreatic Cancer and Failure to Perform Subsequent Resection.
Academic Article Association of Surgical Resident Wellness With Medical Errors and Patient Outcomes.
Academic Article Adequate Lymphadenectomy as a Quality Measure in Esophageal Cancer: Is there an Association with Treatment Approach?
Academic Article Post-discharge venous thromboembolism after pancreatectomy for malignancy: Predicting risk based on preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors.
Academic Article Short-Term Risk of Performing Concurrent Procedures with Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump Placement.
Academic Article Association of Weekend Effect With Recovery After Surgery.
Academic Article A Comprehensive Estimation of the Costs of 30-Day Postoperative Complications Using Actual Costs from Multiple, Diverse Hospitals.
Academic Article Reliability of Surgical Risk Calculator Performance Assessment in Single-Institution Data.
Academic Article Is it Time to Abandon 30-Day Mortality as a Quality Measure?
Academic Article Comparison of Patient Experience with Telehealth vs. In-Person Visits Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Academic Article Behind the Curtain-Implications of Anesthesia Volume on Outcomes.
Academic Article The CONSORT Framework.
Academic Article Association of preoperative smoking with complications following major gastrointestinal surgery.
Academic Article Hospital Volume Predicts Guideline-Concordant Care in Stage III Esophageal Cancer.
Academic Article Evaluation of Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines Among US Adults After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery.
Academic Article Are Kids More Than Just Little Adults? A Comparison of Surgical Outcomes.
Academic Article Hepatic Artery Infusion Pumps: A Surgical Toolkit for Intraoperative Decision-Making and Management of Hepatic Artery Infusion-Specific Complications.
Academic Article Rural-Urban Disparities in Receipt of Surgery for Potentially Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Academic Article Changes in Surgical Outcomes in a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative with Introduction of Simultaneous, Comprehensive Interventions.
Academic Article Effect of body mass index on short-term outcomes after colectomy for cancer.
Academic Article A common question revisited: can differences in clinical severity explain the volume-outcome relationship?
Academic Article Metastatic adenocarcinoma arising within a diverticulum: endoscopist's nightmare.
Academic Article Incorporation of adjuvant therapy into the multimodality management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach in the United States.
Academic Article First report from the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has morbidity and effectiveness positioned between the band and the bypass.
Academic Article Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for pancreatic head adenocarcinoma and potential opportunities for improvement.
Academic Article Validation of new readmission data in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
Academic Article Differences in patients, surgical complexity, and outcomes after cancer surgery at National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers compared to other hospitals.
Academic Article An opportunity to ensure high-quality melanoma care through the use of a preoperative treatment algorithm.
Academic Article Surgical quality measurement: an evolving science.
Academic Article Effect of postoperative complications on adjuvant chemotherapy use for stage III colon cancer.
Academic Article Adherence with postdischarge venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis recommendations after colorectal cancer surgery among elderly Medicare beneficiaries.
Academic Article Underlying reasons associated with hospital readmission following surgery in the United States.
Academic Article Quality of Cancer Surveillance Clinical Practice Guidelines: Specificity and Consistency of Recommendations.
Academic Article Evaluation of readmissions due to surgical site infections: A potential target for quality improvement.
Academic Article Endoscopic Ultrasound as a Pretreatment Clinical Staging Tool for Gastric Cancer: Association with Pathology and Outcome.
Academic Article The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program-Targeting Weaknesses and Finding the Readmission Floor.
Academic Article National practice patterns of completion lymph node dissection for sentinel node-positive melanoma.
Academic Article Evaluating the Impact of the Venous Thromboembolism Outcome Measure on the PSI 90 Composite Quality Metric.
Academic Article Laparoscopic Liver Resection Difficulty Score-a Validation Study.
Academic Article Defining the Content for a Quality and Safety in Surgery Curriculum Using a Nominal Group Technique.
Academic Article Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, and Post-Operative Factors Associated with Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism Following Colorectal Cancer Resection.
Academic Article An Empirical National Assessment of the Learning Environment and Factors Associated With Program Culture.
Academic Article Correlation of the US News and World Report-Calculated Nurse Staffing Index With Actual Hospital-Reported Nurse Staffing.
Academic Article Comprehensive Evaluation of the Trends in Length of Stay and Post-discharge Complications After Colon Surgery in the USA.
Academic Article Quality assurance and quality control in surgical oncology.
Academic Article Considerations and barriers to starting a new HAI pump program: an international survey of the HAI Consortium Research Network.
Academic Article Neoadjuvant therapy use and association with postoperative outcomes and overall survival in patients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Academic Article Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Patient-Reported Outcome Monitoring in Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Academic Article Association of travel distance, surgical volume, and receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy with survival among patients with resectable lung cancer.
Academic Article Current Practices in Hepatic Artery Infusion (HAI) Chemotherapy: An International Survey of the HAI Consortium Research Network.
Academic Article Evaluation of Nationwide Trends in Nodal Sampling Guideline Adherence for Gastric Cancer: 2005-2017.
Academic Article Disparities in treatment and survival in early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma in California.
Academic Article Enhancement and Implementation of a Health Information Technology Module to Improve the Discrete Capture of Cancer Staging in a Diverse Regional Health System.
Academic Article Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis Adherence Rates After Major Cancer Surgery.
Academic Article ASO Visual Abstract: Current Practices in Hepatic Artery Infusion (HAI) Chemotherapy-An International Survey of the HAI Consortium Research Network.
Academic Article Alterations in Cancer Treatment During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US.
Academic Article Emergency department use after outpatient thyroidectomy across three states.
Academic Article Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy: A Quality Framework.
Academic Article ASO Author Reflections: Disparities in Colon Cancer Outcomes Exist Irrespective of Hospital Performance-System-Wide Changes Are Needed to Help Close the Gap.
Academic Article Association Between Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities and Hospital Performance in Treatment and Outcomes for Patients with Colon Cancer.
Academic Article ASO Visual Abstract: Association Between Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities and Hospital Performance in Treatment and Outcomes for Patients with Colon Cancer.
Academic Article Access, Outcomes, and Costs Associated with Surgery for Malignancy Among People Experiencing Homelessness.
Academic Article Establishing the clinical relevance of grade A post-hepatectomy liver failure.
Academic Article ASO Visual Abstract: Access, Outcomes, and Costs Associated with Surgery for Malignancy Among People Experiencing Homelessness.
Academic Article Safety and feasibility of establishing an adjuvant hepatic artery infusion program.
Academic Article Survival Among Patients With High-Risk Gastrointestinal Cancers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Academic Article Association of pathologic factors with postoperative venous thromboembolism after gastrointestinal cancer surgery.
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