Preoperative Period

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • An algorithm for the preoperative diagnosis and treatment of ocular surface disorders. 
  • Are Exercise and Physical Therapy Common Forms of Conservative Management in the Year Before Lumbar Spine Surgery? 
  • Assessment of different threshold preoperative glomerular filtration rates as markers of outcomes in lung transplantation. 
  • Association Between Preoperative Narcotic Use with Perioperative Complication Rates, Patient Reported Pain Scores, and Ambulatory Status After Complex Spinal Fusion (≥5 Levels) for Adult Deformity Correction. 
  • Association of myelopathy scores with cervical sagittal balance and normalized spinal cord volume: analysis of 56 preoperative cases from the AOSpine North America Myelopathy study. 
  • Autologous blood use for free flap breast reconstruction: a comparative evaluation of a preoperative blood donation program. 
  • Biliary self-expandable metal stents do not adversely affect pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • COMPARison of pre-hospital CRUSHed vs. uncrushed Prasugrel tablets in patients with STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary interventions: Rationale and design of the COMPARE CRUSH trial. 
  • Can algorithmically assessed MRI features predict which patients with a preoperative diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ are upstaged to invasive breast cancer? 
  • Carcinoid tumors of the appendix: are these tumors identifiable prospectively on preoperative CT? 
  • Cardiovascular events and hospital resource utilization pre- and post-transcatheter mitral valve repair in high-surgical risk patients. 
  • Changes in Left Ventricular Mechanics After Sleeve Gastrectomy. 
  • Computed Tomography Image Texture: A Noninvasive Prognostic Marker of Hepatic Recurrence After Hepatectomy for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. 
  • Contemporary use of platelet function and pharmacogenomic testing among patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States. 
  • Defining the role of chest radiography in determining candidacy for pectus excavatum repair. 
  • Design of the Value of Urodynamic Evaluation (ValUE) trial: A non-inferiority randomized trial of preoperative urodynamic investigations. 
  • Determining the Optimal Quantitative Threshold for Preoperative Albumin Level Before Elective Colorectal Surgery. 
  • Development and Validation of a Multi-institutional Preoperative Nomogram for Predicting Grade of Dysplasia in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMNs) of the Pancreas: A Report from The Pancreatic Surgery Consortium. 
  • Development of a Modified Cervical Deformity Frailty Index: A Streamlined Clinical Tool for Preoperative Risk Stratification. 
  • Development of a Preoperative Predictive Model for Reaching the Oswestry Disability Index Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Adult Spinal Deformity Patients. 
  • Development of a preoperative predictive model for major complications following adult spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Do Mixed-Flora Preoperative Urine Cultures Matter? 
  • Does Ultrasonographic Measurement of Gastric Content Influence Airway Management Decisions? 
  • Economic Outcomes of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation With and Without Ambulation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation. 
  • Effectiveness of an Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Preoperative Telephone Assessment. 
  • Elevated Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c Associated with Increased Wound Complications in Diabetic Patients undergoing Primary, Open Carpal Tunnel Release. 
  • Evaluation of preoperative hearing-in-noise protocol for osseointegrated hearing implants. 
  • Existential relatedness in light of eudemonic well-being and religious coping among middle-aged and older cardiac patients. 
  • Implementation of a Preoperative Anemia Clinic Utilizing a Minimal Staffing Model. 
  • Incidence of benign disease in patients that underwent resection for presumed pancreatic cancer diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA). 
  • Independent Association Between Preoperative Cognitive Status and Discharge Location After Surgery: A Strategy to Reduce Resource Use After Surgery for Deformity. 
  • Is Functional Independence Associated With Improved Long-Term Survival After Lung Transplantation? 
  • Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study: a protocol for an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to major non-cardiac surgery. 
  • N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and outcomes in patients undergoing surgical ventricular restoration. 
  • Nonoperative Management Prior to Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: An Investigation Into the Utilization and Content of Physical Therapy. 
  • Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes stratified by preoperative renal function. 
  • Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Who Decline Transfusion and Received Erythropoietin Compared to Patients Who Did Not: A Matched Cohort Study. 
  • Outcomes of acute type a dissection repair before and after implementation of a multidisciplinary thoracic aortic surgery program. 
  • Over half of contemporary clinical Gleason 8 on prostate biopsy are downgraded at radical prostatectomy. 
  • Patient and Caregiver Attitudes and Practices of Exercise in Candidates Listed for Liver Transplantation. 
  • Patient blood management: key for accountable care organizations. 
  • Peak oxygen consumption and long-term all-cause mortality in nonsmall cell lung cancer. 
  • Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on preoperative blood pressure, risk and outcomes for elective surgery. 
  • Perioperative Treatment with a Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor Reduces Necrosis in a Rat Ischemic Skin Flap Model. 
  • Perioperative changes in prouroguanylin hormone response in severely obese subjects after bariatric surgery. 
  • Postoperative Mortality after Liver Resection for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Development of a Risk Score and Importance of Biliary Drainage of the Future Liver Remnant. 
  • Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery for IBD: A Common but Rarely Addressed Problem. 
  • Pre- and postoperative anemia, acute kidney injury, and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective observational study. 
  • Pre-Lap-Band group education in Medicaid population: does it really make a difference? 
  • Pre-operative proteinuria in left ventricular assist devices and clinical outcome. 
  • Pre-operative risk factors of bleeding and stroke during left ventricular assist device support: an analysis of more than 900 HeartMate II outpatients. 
  • Pre-transplant weight loss and clinical outcomes after lung transplantation. 
  • Predicting non-home discharge in epithelial ovarian cancer patients: External validation of a predictive model. 
  • Predictors of Increased Length of Hospital Stay Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 
  • Predictors of transfusion outcomes in pediatric complex cranial vault reconstruction: a multicentre observational study from the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group. 
  • Preoperative Cognitive Impairment As a Predictor of Postoperative Outcomes in a Collaborative Care Model. 
  • Preoperative Disability in US Veterans. 
  • Preoperative Evaluation and Indications for Pulmonary Metastasectomy. 
  • Preoperative Hemoglobin Predicts Postoperative Transfusion Despite Antifibrinolytics During Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Preoperative Patient Profile in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Predictive of Increased Medicare Payments in a Bundled Payment Model. 
  • Preoperative Platelet Count Predicts Lower Extremity Free Flap Thrombosis: A Multi-Institutional Experience. 
  • Preoperative Prediction of Microvascular Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Quantitative Image Analysis. 
  • Preoperative Risk Score to Predict Occult Metastatic or Locally Advanced Disease in Patients with Resectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma on Imaging. 
  • Preoperative anxiety as a predictor of mortality and major morbidity in patients aged >70 years undergoing cardiac surgery. 
  • Preoperative chemotherapy versus preoperative chemoradiotherapy for stage III (N2) non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Preoperative diagnosis of long QT syndrome in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot. 
  • Preoperative enoxaparin versus postoperative semuloparin thromboprophylaxis in major abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Preoperative experience for public hospital patients with gynecologic cancer: Do structural barriers widen the gap? 
  • Preoperative mild-to-moderate coronary artery disease does not affect long-term outcomes of lung transplantation. 
  • Preoperative pain catastrophizing predicts pain outcome after knee arthroplasty. 
  • Preoperative predictors of extended hospital length of stay following total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Preoperative serum albumin level as a predictor of postoperative complication after spine fusion. 
  • Preoperative visual acuity among cataract surgery patients and countries' state of development: a global study. 
  • Prescription Opioid Use Before and After Hip Arthroscopy: A Caution to Prescribers. 
  • Presurgical serum cystatin C and risk of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. 
  • RESEARCHCognition and Capacity to Consent for Elective Surgery. 
  • Recent History of Serious Fall Injuries and Posttransplant Outcomes Among US Kidney Transplant Recipients. 
  • Recurrence of nephrotic syndrome following kidney transplantation is associated with initial native kidney biopsy findings. 
  • Risk factors for stroke on left ventricular assist devices. 
  • SRS22R Appearance Domain Correlates Most With Patient Satisfaction After Adult Deformity Surgery to the Sacrum at 5-year Follow-up. 
  • Selective versus nonselective fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: does lumbosacral takeoff angle change? 
  • Sexual functioning of men and women with severe obesity before bariatric surgery. 
  • Surgical Alteration of Genital Hiatus Size and Anatomic Failure After Vaginal Vault Suspension. 
  • Survival among children with portal vein thrombosis and end-stage liver disease. 
  • The Role of Prefracture Health Status in Physical and Mental Function After Hip Fracture Surgery. 
  • The accuracy of pre-operative imaging in the management of hepatic cysts. 
  • The effect of footwear on preoperative gait mechanics in a group of total ankle replacement patients. 
  • The evolution of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. 
  • The importance of the STOP- BANG questionnaire as a preoperative assessment tool for the elderly population. 
  • The mRECIST Classification Provides Insight into Tumor Biology for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Awaiting Liver Transplantation. 
  • The malnourished surgery patient: a silent epidemic in perioperative outcomes? 
  • Uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot, Biventricular Dysfunction, and a Large Pericardial Effusion. 
  • Understanding Approaches to the Dorsal Hump. 
  • Urinary aquaporin 1 and perilipin 2: Can these novel markers accurately characterize small renal masses and help guide patient management? 
  • Use of intraocular video endoscopic examination in the preoperative evaluation of keratoprosthesis surgery to assess visual potential. 
  • Use of prasugrel vs clopidogrel and outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary clinical practice: Results from the PROMETHEUS study. 
  • Variation in the gross tumor volume and clinical target volume for preoperative radiotherapy of primary large high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity among RTOG sarcoma radiation oncologists. 
  • Which Patients Require Extended Thromboprophylaxis After Colectomy? Modeling Risk and Assessing Indications for Post-discharge Pharmacoprophylaxis. 
  • Which preoperative factors, including bone bruise, are associated with knee pain/symptoms at index anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR)? A Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) ACLR Cohort Study. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Attarian, David Edward, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Gottfried, Oren N, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery