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1. Full Text The impact of complications on costs of major surgical procedures: A cost analysis of 1200 patients
by Vonlanthen, René and Slankamenac, Ksenija and Breitenstein, Stefan and Puhan, Milo A and Muller, Markus K and Hahnloser, Dieter and Hauri, Dimitri and Graf, Rolf and Clavien, Pierre-Alain
Annals of Surgery, ISSN 0003-4932, 12/2011, Volume 254, Issue 6, pp. 907 - 913
Objective: To assess the impact of postoperative complications on full in-hospital costs per case. Background: Rising expenses for complex medical procedures... 
SURGERY | OUTCOMES-BASED-STRATEGY | MORTALITY ROUNDS | MORBIDITY | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM | MEASURING POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS | CLASSIFICATION | RISK | HOSPITAL COSTS | OF-CARE | Postoperative Complications - economics | Pancreatic Diseases - economics | Prospective Studies | Gastric Bypass - economics | Humans | Middle Aged | Postoperative Complications - prevention & control | Quality of Health Care - economics | Male | Postoperative Complications - mortality | Bile Duct Diseases - economics | Young Adult | Colonic Diseases - surgery | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Pancreatic Diseases - surgery | Colectomy - economics | Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data | Costs and Cost Analysis | Surgical Procedures, Operative - mortality | Survival Rate | Bile Duct Diseases - surgery | Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y - economics | Liver Diseases - economics | Surgical Procedures, Operative - economics | Liver Diseases - surgery | Aged | Colonic Diseases - economics | Cohort Studies | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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2. Full Text Reducing Cost of Surgery by Avoiding Complications: the Model of Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
by Hagen, Monika E and Pugin, Francois and Chassot, Gilles and Huber, Olivier and Buchs, Nicolas and Iranmanesh, Pouya and Morel, Philippe
Obesity Surgery, ISSN 0960-8923, 1/2012, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp. 52 - 61
Robotic surgery is a complex technology offering technical advantages over conventional methods. Still, clinical outcomes and financial issues have been... 
Robotic surgery | Costs | Medicine & Public Health | Surgery | Gastric bypass | Obesity surgery | Cost analysis | MORTALITY | SYSTEM | SURGERY | METAANALYSIS | BARIATRIC SURGERY | MORBID-OBESITY | EXPERIENCE | HEALTH | Postoperative Complications - economics | Gastric Bypass - mortality | Prospective Studies | Gastric Bypass - economics | Obesity, Morbid - surgery | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Postoperative Complications - prevention & control | Male | Obesity, Morbid - mortality | Obesity, Morbid - economics | Young Adult | Laparoscopy - methods | Adult | Female | Gastric Bypass - methods | Length of Stay | Surgical Staplers - economics | Gastric Bypass - adverse effects | Treatment Outcome | Robotics - economics | Surgical Staplers - adverse effects | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Adolescent | Aged | Cohort Studies | Laparoscopic surgery | Laparoscopy | Health aspects | Analysis | Obesity | Surgical techniques | Models | Health care expenditures | Gastrointestinal surgery | Robotics | Index Medicus
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3. Full Text Association Between Occurrence of a Postoperative Complication and Readmission: Implications for Quality Improvement and Cost Savings
by Lawson, Elise H and Hall, Bruce Lee and Louie, Rachel and Ettner, Susan L and Zingmond, David S and Han, Lein and Rapp, Michael and Ko, Clifford Y
Annals of Surgery, ISSN 0003-4932, 07/2013, Volume 258, Issue 1, pp. 10 - 18
OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effect of preventing postoperative complications on readmission rates and costs. BACKGROUND:Policymakers are targeting readmission... 
Postoperative | Quality improvement | Readmission | Complications | Cost savings | postoperative | COLORECTAL SURGERY | SURGERY | cost savings | RISK-FACTORS | complications | readmission | HEART-FAILURE | CANCER | CLAIMS DATA | DISCHARGE | RATES | quality improvement | PROFILING HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE | PROGRAM | REGISTRY | Postoperative Complications - economics | Outcome Assessment (Health Care) | United States | Humans | Risk Factors | Postoperative Complications - prevention & control | Patient Readmission - economics | Male | Chi-Square Distribution | Regression Analysis | Quality Improvement - economics | Female | Registries | Aged | Cost Savings - economics | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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4. Full Text Retrospective review of 331 consecutive immediate single-stage implant reconstructions with acellular dermal matrix: Indications, complications, trends, and costs
by Colwell, Amy S and Damjanovic, Branimir and Zahedi, Bita and Medford-Davis, Laura and Hertl, Catherine and Austen, William G
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, ISSN 0032-1052, 12/2011, Volume 128, Issue 6, pp. 1170 - 1178
Background: Immediate single-stage direct-to-implant breast reconstruction with acellular dermal matrix optimizes aesthetics by preserving the mastectomy skin... 
MASTECTOMY | SURGERY | TISSUE MATRIX | ALLODERM | COVERAGE | EXPERIENCE | BREAST RECONSTRUCTION | Breast Implants - economics | Postoperative Complications - economics | Reoperation | Postoperative Complications - etiology | Costs and Cost Analysis | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Mastectomy - methods | Postoperative Complications - surgery | Biocompatible Materials - economics | Breast Implants - trends | Collagen | Mammaplasty - methods | Mammaplasty - trends | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Mammaplasty - economics | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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5. Full Text Relationship Between Occurrence of Surgical Complications and Hospital Finances
by Eappen, Sunil and Lane, Bennett H and Rosenberg, Barry and Lipsitz, Stuart A and Sadoff, David and Matheson, Dave and Berry, William R and Lester, Mark and Gawande, Atul A
JAMA, ISSN 0098-7484, 04/2013, Volume 309, Issue 15, pp. 1599 - 1606
IMPORTANCE The effect of surgical complications on hospital finances is unclear. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between major surgical complications... 
SURGERY | MORTALITY | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | RISK-FACTORS | COSTS | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM | POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS | PERFORMANCE | LENGTH-OF-STAY | SAFETY CHECKLIST | ADVERSE EVENTS | Postoperative Complications - economics | Private Sector | Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data | International Classification of Diseases | Medicaid - economics | United States | Humans | Middle Aged | Diagnosis-Related Groups | Medicare - economics | Hospitals, Voluntary - economics | Reimbursement, Incentive | Financial Management, Hospital | Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Cost Sharing | Insurance, Health - economics | Economic aspects | Complications | Analysis | Surgery | Health insurance industry | Medical care, Cost of | Surgical outcomes | Health insurance | Revenue | Hospital costs | Accounting systems | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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6. Full Text Standardization of Care: Impact of an Enhanced Recovery Protocol on Length of Stay, Complications, and Direct Costs after Colorectal Surgery
by Thiele, Robert H., MD and Rea, Kathleen M., MSN, APRN and Turrentine, Florence E., PhD, RN and Friel, Charles M., MD, FACS and Hassinger, Taryn E., MD and Goudreau, Bernadette J., BS and Umapathi, Bindu A., MD and Kron, Irving L., MD, FACS and Sawyer, Robert G., MD, FACS and Hedrick, Traci L., MD, FACS and McMurry, Timothy L., PhD
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, ISSN 1072-7515, 2015, Volume 220, Issue 4, pp. 430 - 443
Background Colorectal surgery is associated with considerable morbidity and prolonged length of stay (LOS). Recognizing the need for improvement, we... 
Surgery | PERIOPERATIVE SURGICAL HOME | SURGERY | STROKE VOLUME | HOSPITAL STAY | RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL | INTRAOPERATIVE FLUID MANAGEMENT | CRITICAL PATHWAY | DOSE KETAMINE | PLETH VARIABILITY INDEX | MAJOR SURGERY | POSTOPERATIVE PAIN | Morbidity - trends | Postoperative Complications - economics | Risk Assessment - methods | United States - epidemiology | Follow-Up Studies | Length of Stay - economics | Patient Discharge - economics | Humans | Middle Aged | Clinical Protocols - standards | Male | Treatment Outcome | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Cost Savings | Delivery of Health Care - standards | Delivery of Health Care - economics | Colorectal Surgery - standards | Length of Stay - trends | Perioperative Care - methods | Female | Retrospective Studies | Colorectal Surgery - economics | Patient Discharge - trends | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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7. Full Text Patient comorbidities and complications after spinal surgery: A societal-based cost analysis
by Whitmore, Robert G and Stephen, James and Stein, Sherman C and Campbell, Peter G and Yadla, Sanjay and Harrop, James S and Sharan, Ashwini D and Maltenfort, Mitchell G and Ratliff, John K
Spine, ISSN 0362-2436, 05/2012, Volume 37, Issue 12, pp. 1065 - 1071
Study Design. Prospective observational study. Objective. To determine how patient comorbidities and perioperative complications after spinal surgery affect... 
fusion | spine surgery | comorbidities | complications | societal perspective | cost analysis | SYSTEM | ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS | DISORDERS | INTRAOPERATIVE COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | CLINICAL ARTICLE | CASE-MIX | INFECTION | NAVIGATION | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Postoperative Complications - economics | Multivariate Analysis | Costs and Cost Analysis | Prospective Studies | Follow-Up Studies | Comorbidity | United States | Humans | Middle Aged | Hyperlipidemias - economics | Male | Lung Diseases - economics | Medicare - economics | Health Care Costs | Orthopedics | Adult | Diagnosis-Related Groups - economics | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Spine - surgery | Hypertension - economics | Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - economics | Index Medicus
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8. Full Text Prevalence, Complications, and Hospital Charges Associated With Use of Bone-Morphogenetic Proteins in Spinal Fusion Procedures
by Cahill, Kevin S and Chi, John H and Day, Arthur and Claus, Elizabeth B
JAMA, ISSN 0098-7484, 07/2009, Volume 302, Issue 1, pp. 58 - 66
CONTEXT No national data exist to examine use of bone-morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in spinal fusion surgery. OBJECTIVE To determine the patterns of use and... 
UNITED-STATES | SURGERY | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ICD-9-CM | RHBMP-2 | ADMINISTRATIVE DATA | ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISKECTOMY | GRAFT | LENGTH-OF-STAY | LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION | ILIAC-CREST AUTOGRAFT | Postoperative Complications - economics | Length of Stay - economics | United States | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Spinal Fusion - adverse effects | Drug Utilization | Spinal Fusion - economics | Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery | Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Spinal Fusion - trends | Bone Morphogenetic Proteins - economics | Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data | Hospital Charges | Linear Models | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Bone Morphogenetic Proteins - adverse effects | Cervical Vertebrae - surgery | Aged | Bone Morphogenetic Proteins - therapeutic use | Cohort Studies | Proteins | Bones | Back surgery | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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9. Full Text Beyond the Margins—Economic Costs and Complications Associated With Repeated Breast-Conserving Surgeries
by Metcalfe, Leanne N and Zysk, Adam M and Yemul, Kiran S and Jacobs, Lisa K and Oker, Elif E and Underwood, Howard R and Thompson, Alastair M
JAMA Surgery, ISSN 2168-6254, 11/2017, Volume 152, Issue 11, pp. 1084 - 1086
This study uses insurance claims data for patients who have undergone breast-conserving surgery to examine clinical complications and economic outcomes... 
MASTECTOMY | SURGERY | OUTCOMES | RECONSTRUCTION | Postoperative Complications - economics | Breast Neoplasms - surgery | Humans | Mastectomy, Segmental - statistics & numerical data | Middle Aged | Insurance Claim Reporting - statistics & numerical data | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Reoperation - economics | Mastectomy, Segmental - economics | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus | Online First | Research | Letters | Research Letter
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10. Full Text Rethinking Priorities: Cost of Complications after Elective Colectomy
by Zogg, Cheryl K and Najjar, Peter and Diaz, Arturo J. Rios and Zogg, Donald L and Tsai, Thomas C and Rose, John A and Scott, John W and Gani, Faiz and Alshaikh, Husain and Nagarajan, Neeraja and Canner, Joseph K and Schneider, Eric B and Goldberg, Joel E and Haider, Adil H
Annals of Surgery, ISSN 0003-4932, 08/2016, Volume 264, Issue 2, pp. 312 - 322
Objective: To compare incremental costs associated with complications of elective colectomy using nationally representative data among patients undergoing... 
colectomy | complication | cost | surgical outcome | priority setting | SURGERY | IMPACT | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | SURGICAL QUALITY | COLON RESECTION | OUTCOMES | TRAUMA | Postoperative Complications - economics | United States | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Elective Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Male | Elective Surgical Procedures - economics | Hospitalization | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Health Priorities | Young Adult | Colonic Diseases - surgery | Health Care Costs | Laparoscopy - adverse effects | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Colectomy - adverse effects | Colectomy - economics | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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11. Full Text Cost and mortality associated with postoperative acute kidney injury
by Hobson, Charles and Ozrazgat-Baslanti, Tezcan and Kuxhausen, Adrienne and Thottakkara, Paul and Efron, Philip A and Moore, Frederick A and Moldawer, Lyle L and Segal, Mark S and Bihorac, Azra
Annals of Surgery, ISSN 0003-4932, 06/2015, Volume 261, Issue 6, pp. 1207 - 1214
Objective: To determine the incremental hospital cost and mortality associated with the development of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) and with other... 
Cost | Outcomes assessment | Risk-adjusted regression models | Acute kidney injury | Mortality | Postoperative complications | SURGERY | SURVIVAL | post-operative complications | cost | outcomes assessment | RISK | ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE | SEPSIS | risk-adjusted regression models | mortality | SURGICAL QUALITY | acute kidney injury | COMPLICATIONS | OUTCOMES | Postoperative Complications - economics | Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data | Prevalence | Hospital Mortality | Comorbidity | Risk Adjustment | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Postoperative Complications - mortality | Regression Analysis | Acute Kidney Injury - mortality | Acute Kidney Injury - economics | Survival Analysis | Adult | Female | Aged | Acute Kidney Injury - epidemiology | Cohort Studies | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus | Acute Kidney Injury | Risk adjustment | Outcomes Assessment
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12. Full Text Postoperative medical complications - Not microsurgical complications - Negatively influence the morbidity, mortality, and true costs after microsurgical reconstruction for head and neck cancer
by Jones, Neil F and Jarrahy, Reza and Song, J.I and Kaufman, Matthew R and Markowitz, Bernard
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, ISSN 0032-1052, 06/2007, Volume 119, Issue 7, pp. 2053 - 2060
Background: Immediate reconstruction of composite head and neck defects using free tissue transfer is an accepted treatment standard. There remains, however,... 
MICROVASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION | SURGERY | FOREARM FREE-FLAP | SOFT-TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION | ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP | TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY | OROMANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION | MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION | ILIAC CREST | ORAL-CAVITY | RADIATION-THERAPY | Postoperative Complications - economics | Surgical Flaps - economics | Surgical Flaps - statistics & numerical data | Costs and Cost Analysis | Prognosis | Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - etiology | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Microsurgery - statistics & numerical data | Ethanol - adverse effects | Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - economics | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Head and Neck Neoplasms - complications | Aged | Lung Diseases - complications | Retrospective Studies | Microsurgery - economics | Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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13. Full Text The John Insall Award: Morbid Obesity Independently Impacts Complications, Mortality, and Resource Use After TKA
by D’Apuzzo, Michele R and Novicoff, Wendy M and Browne, James A
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, ISSN 0009-921X, 1/2015, Volume 473, Issue 1, pp. 57 - 63
The importance of morbid obesity as a risk factor for complications after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) continues to be debated. Obesity is rarely an isolated... 
Surgical Orthopedics | Medicine & Public Health | Sports Medicine | Orthopedics | Surgery | Conservative Orthopedics | Medicine/Public Health, general | REPLACEMENT | SURGERY | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP-APNEA | METABOLIC SYNDROME | TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY | TOTAL HIP | POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS | PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY | BODY-MASS INDEX | INFECTION | ORTHOPEDICS | TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY | Health Resources - utilization | Hospital Costs | Postoperative Complications - economics | Multivariate Analysis | Postoperative Complications - etiology | Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects | Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - economics | United States | Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - mortality | Humans | Knee Joint - physiopathology | Middle Aged | Patient Discharge | Male | Obesity, Morbid - mortality | Postoperative Complications - mortality | Obesity, Morbid - economics | Case-Control Studies | Young Adult | Knee Joint - surgery | Time Factors | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Odds Ratio | Body Mass Index | Length of Stay | Hospital Mortality | Risk Assessment | Comorbidity | Risk Factors | Awards and Prizes | Health Resources - economics | Treatment Outcome | Chi-Square Distribution | Obesity, Morbid - diagnosis | Obesity, Morbid - complications | Aged | Obesity | Complications and side effects | Mortality | Medical care, Cost of | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus | Symposium | 2014 Knee Society Proceedings
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14. Full Text Hospital and Payer Costs Associated With Surgical Complications
by Healy, Mark A and Mullard, Andrew J and Campbell, Darrell A and Dimick, Justin B
JAMA Surgery, ISSN 2168-6254, 09/2016, Volume 151, Issue 9, pp. 823 - 830
IMPORTANCE: Increased costs of surgical complications have been borne mostly by third-party payers. However, numerous policy changes aimed at incentivizing... 
SURGERY | ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | PRIVATE-SECTOR | Postoperative Complications - economics | Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data | Postoperative Complications - etiology | Risk Adjustment | Gynecologic Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Humans | Middle Aged | Vascular Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Male | Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - statistics & numerical data | Economics, Hospital - statistics & numerical data | Vascular Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Quality Improvement - economics | Adult | Female | Aged | General Surgery - statistics & numerical data | Gynecologic Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus
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