Physicians must make decisions about screening patients for abdominal aortic aneurysms
(AAAs), monitoring or referring for surgery patients with AAAs of various sizes, and …

The Transition cost accounting system integrates clinical, resource utilization, and financial
information and is currently being used by several hospitals in Canada and the United …

Statistical models have been used to assess the influence of clinical and demographic
factors on hospital charge and length of stay (LOS). Hospital costs constitute a significant …

Background The cost implications of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) and a
detailed breakdown of hospital expenditures has not been presented in the literature to date …

Background: Endovascular graft techniques hold great potential as a less invasive means
for the repair of aortic aneurysms, yet the impact of these new modalities remains poorly …

OBJECTIVES: In this era of managed health care, third-party payers insist that surgeons
minimize hospital stay even after major operations such as aortic surgery. We attempted to …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the total hospital costs associated with
elective laparoscopic and open inguinal herniorrhaphy. Methods: A prospectively …

In 1944, Clarence Crafford from Sweden resected an aortic coarctation in a 12-year-old boy
and in a 37-year-old man. In both cases, the aorta was repaired with an end-to-end …

In-hospital outcomes associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair are well
described. However, little is known about post-discharge readmission rates, lengths of stay …

BACKGROUND: Strategies to limit adverse cardiac events after vascular surgery continue to
evolve. Early recognition and treatment of myocardial ischemia may be a key to improving …