Philip P Goodney

..And fourth, because a "seat at the table" will be an important key to success for vascular surgeons in these efforts, we discuss how vascular surgeons can participate and lead efforts within ACOs...

..However, the extent of variation in procedural vascular care obtained by patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) remains unknown...

..We sought to determine if a hospital's performance in CABG is correlated to its performance in heart valve replacement...

..However, a population-based study examining causes of late death after EVAR vs open surgical repair has not been performed...

..The goal of this study was to describe short- and long-term survival of patients with descending thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) after open and endovascular repair (TEVAR)...

..It remains unknown, however, if these targets can be achieved in everyday vascular surgery practice...

..To determine if a regional quality improvement effort can increase beta-blocker utilization prior to vascular surgery and decrease the incidence of postoperative myocardial infarction (POMI)...

..It remains unknown if the increasing use of carotid artery stenting (CAS) has caused a change in the population-based use of carotid endarterectomy (CEA). We sought to examine national trends in carotid revascularization...

..However, whether this information has affected practice patterns and outcomes in real-world vascular surgery settings is unclear...

..This study investigated risk factors for stroke or death after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) among hospitals of varying type and size participating in a regional quality improvement effort...

..This study investigated the association between surgeon practice pattern in shunt placement and 30-day stroke/death in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with contralateral carotid occlusion (CCO)...

..Whether endovascular interventions substitute for conventional bypass surgery or are simply additive has not been investigated, and their effect on amputation rates is unknown...

..We sought to examine the effect of subspecialty training on operative mortality following lung resection...

..A brief review of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical presentation displays the variety of symptoms associated with these rare conditions...

..Surgeons must weigh the morbidity of lower extremity bypass (LEB) with the likelihood of a functional outcome postoperatively. We developed a model to predict ambulation status 1 year after LEB...

..Therefore, we examined risk factors that predict amputation or graft occlusion within the first year following lower extremity bypass...

..Although payers are leading the most visible of these efforts, it is unknown whether volume standards will also reduce resource use...

..A recent analysis of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), however, suggests that volume-based referral initiatives should focus only on high-risk patients...

..For this reason, we performed a meta-analysis of studies comparing open and laparoscopic ventral (including incisional) hernia repair...

..Our purpose in this study is to determine if access complications could be reduced by the use of a standardized protocol...

..Therefore, we examined preoperative, patient-level risk factors that predict survival within the first year following LEB...

..Most reports of femoral-femoral bypass (FFB) were published before the era of endovascular intervention. This study examines the utilization and impact of adjunctive endovascular intervention on FFB in contemporary practice...

..We sought to determine the effect of a prior ipsilateral PVI (iPVI) on the outcome of subsequent lower extremity bypass (LEB) in patients with CLI...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of protamine reversal of heparin anticoagulation on the outcome of CEA in a contemporary multistate registry...

..The purpose of this study was to determine whether preoperative clopidogrel use was associated with significant bleeding complications during peripheral arterial surgery...

..These findings suggest the need for systematic efforts to monitor and improve surgical performance...

..We studied surgeons' practice patterns in the use of completion imaging (duplex or arteriography), and their association with 30-day stroke/death and 1-year restenosis after carotid endarterectomy (CEA)...

..Although the relation between hospital volume and surgical mortality is well established, for most procedures, the relative importance of the experience of the operating surgeon is uncertain...

..Since death within 1 year of elective open or endovascular (EVAR) infrarenal AAA repair likely indicates ineffective treatment, we developed a prediction model for 1-year mortality to aid clinical decision-making...

..05). Other ongoing trials will address not only whether CAS could be superior to CEA in high-risk patients but also, more importantly, whether CAS is beneficial in other subgroups, such as low-risk and asymptomatic patients...

..We used a multicenter regional database to describe the contemporary outcomes of patients undergoing repair of Sx-AAA...

..To describe geographic variation in population-based rates of carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) performed in Medicare beneficiaries...

..Common femoral artery (CFA) endarterectomy with iliac stenting or stent grafting can be an alternative to traditional open surgery in patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease. We report the long-term outcomes of this approach...

..To better determine the effect of TEVAR techniques on OSR, we examined national and regional trends in treatment use...

..In the current study, the authors assessed whether patients at NCI cancer centers compared with patients at control hospitals had lower mortality rates after major cancer surgery...

..While medical high risk (MHR) has been proposed as an indication for carotid artery stenting (CAS), the impact of MHR on long-term survival and stroke after CAS has not been described...

..This report aims to provide a comprehensive and critical review of the trials and registries of CAS and to offer insight into future directions of this emerging technology...

..The purpose of this study was to review our own surgical therapeutic algorithm and its associated durability and functional outcomes...

..The purpose of this study is to better define the incidence of thrombotic complications among patients undergoing surgical treatment for a spectrum of prevalent cancer diagnoses in contemporary practice...

..We sought to perform a systematic review of neurologic injury after carotid revascularization to guide future quality improvement efforts focused on reducing potentially preventable events...

..Although initiatives to regionalize cancer surgery are already under way, the relative importance of volume in cancer surgery is disputed...

..Further research is warranted to determine whether multi-specialty participation reflects provider experience, institutional protocols, procedural complexity, non-surgical or other factors...

..We have studied these cases to determine the effect of relining on aneurysm expansion...

..Surgeons with advanced training have lower mortality rates with some surgical procedures. The objective of the current study was to investigate the impact of thoracic surgery training on mortality rates of esophageal cancer resection...

..Female gender may be associated with increased risk for surgical site complications, but 30-day mortality and systemic complication rates in women may reflect effects of confounding factors rather than gender-specific influence...

..The effectiveness in improving survival of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) in patients undergoing surgery for esophageal carcinoma remains unclear...