[HTML][HTML] Use of fluorescence imaging and indocyanine green during colorectal surgery: Results of an intercontinental Delphi survey

S Wexner, M Abu-Gazala, L Boni, K Buxey, R Cahill… - Surgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green is increasingly being used in
colorectal surgery to assess anastomotic perfusion, and to detect sentinel lymph nodes …

Trends and outcomes of open, laparoscopic, and robotic inguinal hernia repair in the veterans affairs system

TJ Holleran, MA Napolitano, AD Sparks, JE Duncan… - Hernia, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Robotic inguinal hernia repair (RHR) is an evolving technique but is comparatively
expensive and has yet to show superior outcomes versus open (OHR) or laparoscopic …

Serving Those Who Served: Enhancing Colorectal Surgery Care for Veterans

A Hewitt, M Fritz, CB Sanger - Clinics in Colon and Rectal …, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest provider of integrated health care
services in the United States and its mission is to honor veterans by providing timely …

Robotic foregut surgery in the veterans health administration: increasing prevalence, decreasing operative time, and improving outcomes

MA Napolitano, JA Zebley, K Wagner… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Historically, robotic surgery incurs longer operative times, higher costs, and
nonsuperior outcomes compared with laparoscopic surgery. However, in areas of limited …

Elective surgery for diverticular disease in US veterans: A VASQIP study of national trends and outcomes from 2004 to 2018

MA Napolitano, AD Sparks, JA Randall… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Treatment for diverticular disease has evolved over time. In the United States,
there has been a trend towards minimally invasive surgical approaches and fewer …

Optimizing outcomes with enhanced recovery

J Thacker, N Morin - The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2022 - Springer
Enhanced recovery is the application of evidence-based, perioperative medicine to the care
of the surgical patient with a goal of best surgical outcomes. In this chapter we review the …

Real-world outcomes of patients undergoing open colorectal surgery with wound closure incorporating triclosan-coated barbed sutures: a multi-institution …

BH Johnson, P Rai, SR Jang, SS Johnston… - Medical Devices …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Open colorectal surgery is associated with a high rate of postoperative wound
complications. This is a single-arm study of real-world outcomes of triclosan-coated barbed …