Introduction Hospital readmission rates are increasingly used for both quality improvement
and cost control. However, the validity of readmission rates as a measure of quality of …

Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive and highly lethal malignancy. Surgical resection is a
modest tool, but it provides the only potential for curative therapy and often prolongs …

BACKGROUND: Clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistulas (CR-POPF) are serious
inherent risks of pancreatic resection. Preoperative CR-POPF risk assessment is currently …

BACKGROUND: Hospital readmission within 30 days of an index hospitalization is receiving
increased scrutiny as a marker of poor-quality patient care. This study identifies factors …

Objective: To estimate the effect of preventing postoperative complications on readmission
rates and costs. Background: Policymakers are targeting readmission for quality …

BACKGROUND: Hospital readmissions are gathering increasing attention as a measure of
health care quality and as a cost-saving target. The American College of Surgeons National …

Background The Fistula Risk Score (FRS) is a clinical tool developed from single-
institutional data using primarily intraoperative factors to characterize the risk of clinically …

Importance The adoption of robotic pancreatoduodenectomy (RPD) is gaining momentum;
however, its impact on major outcomes, including pancreatic fistula, has yet to be …

Importance Wound infections after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) are common. The
standard antibiotic prophylaxis given to prevent the infections is often a cephalosporin …

Importance It is not known whether hospital and surgeon volumes have an association with
readmission among patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy. Objective To evaluate …