Consensus recommendations on how to assess the quality of surgical interventions

A Domenghino, C Walbert, DL Birrer, MA Puhan… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Postoperative complications represent a major public health burden worldwide. Without
standardized, clinically relevant and universally applied endpoints, the evaluation of surgical …

Neoadjuvant therapy for resectable pancreatic cancer: a new standard of care. Pooled data from 3 randomized controlled trials

DL Birrer, H Golcher, R Casadei, SR Haile… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to pool data from randomized controlled trials (RCT)
limited to resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to determine whether a …

[HTML][HTML] Immediate versus postponed intervention for infected necrotizing pancreatitis

L Boxhoorn, SM van Dijk, J van Grinsven… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Infected necrotizing pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease that is treated
with the use of a step-up approach, with catheter drainage often delayed until the infected …

Algorithm-based care versus usual care for the early recognition and management of complications after pancreatic resection in the Netherlands: an open-label …

FJ Smits, AC Henry, MG Besselink, OR Busch… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Early recognition and management of postoperative complications, before they
become clinically relevant, can improve postoperative outcomes for patients, especially for …

Effect of multimodal prehabilitation vs postoperative rehabilitation on 30-day postoperative complications for frail patients undergoing resection of colorectal cancer: a …

F Carli, G Bousquet-Dion, R Awasthi, N Elsherbini… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Research supports use of prehabilitation to optimize physical status before and
after colorectal cancer resection, but its effect on postoperative complications remains …

Factors associated with surgical mortality and complications among patients with and without coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy

F Doglietto, M Vezzoli, F Gheza, GL Lussardi… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There are limited data on mortality and complications rates in patients with
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who undergo surgery. Objective To evaluate early …

Effect of exercise and nutrition prehabilitation on functional capacity in esophagogastric cancer surgery: a randomized clinical trial

EM Minnella, R Awasthi, SE Loiselle… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Preserving functional capacity is a key element in the care continuum for
patients with esophagogastric cancer. Prehabilitation, a preoperative conditioning …

Multimodal prehabilitation in colorectal cancer patients to improve functional capacity and reduce postoperative complications: the first international randomized …

S van Rooijen, F Carli, S Dalton, G Thomas, R Bojesen… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most prevalent type of cancer in the
world. Surgery is the only curative option. However, postoperative complications occur in up …

The Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI®): added value and clinical perspectives 3 years “down the line”

PA Clavien, D Vetter, RD Staiger… - Annals of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To explore the added value of the comprehensive complication index (CCI®) to
standard assessment of postoperative morbidity, and to clarify potential controversies for its …

Defining benchmarks for transthoracic esophagectomy: a multicenter analysis of total minimally invasive esophagectomy in low risk patients

HM Schmidt, SS Gisbertz, J Moons, I Rouvelas… - Annals of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To define “best possible” outcomes in total minimally invasive transthoracic
esophagectomy (ttMIE). Background: TtMIE, performed by experts in patients with low …