Issue 1/2014
Content (46 Articles)
Hospital costs associated with surgical morbidity after elective colorectal procedures: a retrospective observational cohort study in 530 patients
Evita Zoucas, Marie-Louise Lydrup
Substandard urological care of elderly patients with spinal cord injury: an unrecognized epidemic?
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Gurpreet Singh, Bakul Soni, Peter Hughes, Kamesh Pulya
Developing a weekly patient safety and quality meeting in a medium-sized GI surgical unit in the United Kingdom
John Davies, Srinivas Chintapatla, Glenn Miller
Reducing mortality in hip fracture patients using a perioperative approach and “Patient- Centered Medical Home” model: a prospective cohort study
Jove Graham, Thomas R Bowen, Kent A Strohecker, Kaan Irgit, Wade R Smith
Anatomical landmarks for safer carpal tunnel decompression: an experimental cadaveric study
Lasitha B Samarakoon, Malith H Guruge, Madusha Jayasekara, Ajith P Malalasekera, Dimonge J Anthony, Rohan W Jayasekara
Current challenges and future perspectives for patient safety in surgery
Philip F Stahel, Cyril Mauffrey, Nathan Butler
Missed foot fractures in polytrauma patients: a retrospective cohort study
Annette B Ahrberg, Benjamin Leimcke, Andreas H Tiemann, Christoph Josten, Johannes KM Fakler
Non-operative management of a rare diagnosis of splenic torsion in a child with a history of giant omphalocele: a case report and literature review
Fariha Sheikh, Michael E Kim, Irving J Zamora, Oluyinka O Olutoye
Patient safety and surgical innovation–complementary or mutually exclusive?
Dan E Azagury
“The National Surgery Quality Improvement Project” (NSQIP): a new tool to increase patient safety and cost efficiency in a surgical intensive care unit
John McNelis, Maria Castaldi
Straight proximal humeral nails are surrounded by more bone stock in comparison to bent nails in an experimental cadaveric study
Christian Max Günther, Peter Ernst Müller, Wolf Mutschler, Christoph Martin Sprecher, Stefan Milz, Volker Braunstein
Misdiagnosed pneumothorax interpreted as necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall: case report of a potentially preventable death
Lucas S McDonald, Paul G Shupe, Kian Raiszadeh, Anshuman Singh
Dynamic diagnostic relationism: a new diagnostic paradigm for complex rapidly changing clinical conditions
Lawrence A Lynn
Current concepts for oil decontamination of crush injuries: a review
Chante Karimkhani, Mahsa Amir, Robert P Dellavalle, Kyros Ipaktchi
Incidence of adverse events in an integrated US healthcare system: a retrospective observational study of 82,784 surgical hospitalizations
Muhammad F Zeeshan, Allard E Dembe, Eric E Seiber, Bo Lu
Patient safety – perspectives on evidence, information, and knowledge transfer
Philip F Stahel
The value of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring for microsurgical removal of conus medullaris lipomas: a 12-year retrospective cohort study
Olaf Suess, Sven Mularski, Marcus A Czabanka, Mario Cabraja, Stefanie Hammersen, Theodoros Kombos
Safe surgical technique: iliac osteotomy via the anterior approach for revision hip arthroplasty
Navid M Ziran, Sherif M Sherif, Joel M Matta
Description of a multidisciplinary initiative to improve SCIP measures related to pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis compliance: a single-center success story
Tori Sutherland, Jennifer Beloff, Marie Lightowler, Xiaoxia Liu, Luigino Nascimben, Alan D Kaye, Richard D Urman
The pitfalls of electronic health orders: development of an enhanced institutional protocol after a preventable patient death
Brandon J Manley, Rebecca K Gericke, John A Brockman, Jennifer Robles, Valary T Raup, Sam B Bhayani
Lessons from aviation safety: "plan your operation – and operate your plan!"
Steven R Schelkun
Predictors of intra-operative blood loss and blood transfusion in orthognathic surgery: a retrospective cohort study in 92 patients
Maisa O Al-Sebaei
The 'Ziran' wrap: reconstruction of critical-sized long bone defects using a fascial autograft and reamer-irrigator-aspirator autograft
Navid M Ziran, Wade R Smith
Current preventive measures for health-care associated surgical site infections: a review
David M Tsai, Edward J Caterson
Is the radiographic subsidence of stand-alone cages associated with adverse clinical outcomes after cervical spine fusion? An observational cohort study with 2-year follow-up outcome scoring
Dirk Zajonz, Anne-Catherine Franke, Nicolas von der Höh, Anna Voelker, Michael Moche, Jens Gulow, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde
Missed signs of autonomic dysreflexia in a tetraplegic patient after incorrect placement of urethral Foley catheter: a case report
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M Soni, Tun Oo, Peter L Hughes, Gurpreet Singh
Prolonged duration of surgery is not a risk factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy: a single center experience in 305 patients
Peter C Ambe, Silvia Brömling, Wolfram T Knoefel, Alexander Rehders
The impact of a standardized incident reporting system in the perioperative setting: a single center experience on 2,563 ‘near-misses’ and adverse events
Anita J Heideveld-Chevalking, Hiske Calsbeek, Johan Damen, Hein Gooszen, André P Wolff
Impact of a multidisciplinary pain program for the management of chronic low back pain in patients undergoing spine surgery and primary total hip replacement: a retrospective cohort study
Nicolas H von der Hoeh, Anna Voelker, Jens Gulow, Ute Uhle, Rene Przkora, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde
Retrospective analysis of incidental non-trauma associated findings in severely injured patients identified by whole-body spiral CT scans
Johannes KM Fakler, Orkun Özkurtul, Christoph Josten
Is the surgical knot tying technique associated with a risk for unnoticed glove perforation? An experimental study
Vincenzo Giordano, Hilton Augusto Koch, Juliano de Sousa Prado, Leonardo Schiavo de Morais, Rafael de Araújo Hara, Felipe Serrão de Souza, Ney Pecegueiro do Amaral
A critical assessment of monitoring practices, patient deterioration, and alarm fatigue on inpatient wards: a review
J Paul Curry, Carla R Jungquist
Incidence and root causes of cancellations for elective orthopaedic procedures: a single center experience of 17,625 consecutive cases
Ulla Caesar, Jon Karlsson, Lars-Eric Olsson, Kristian Samuelsson, Elisabeth Hansson-Olofsson
Screening for proteinuria in ‘at-risk’ patients with spinal cord injuries: lessons learnt from failure
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Kottarathil Abraham Abraham, Gurpreet Singh, Bakul Soni, Peter Hughes
Necrotizing fasciitis in a young patient with acute myeloid leukemia – a diagnostic challenge
Mareen Brumann, Viktoria Bogner, Andreas Völkl, Karl Sotlar, Ekkehard Euler, Wolf Mutschler
Does a mobile laminar airflow screen reduce bacterial contamination in the operating room? A numerical study using computational fluid dynamics technique
Sasan Sadrizadeh, Ann Tammelin, Peter V Nielsen, Sture Holmberg
A survey of surgeons’ perception and awareness of intraoperative time utilization
Sofia Erestam, Annette Erichsen, Kristoffer Derwinger, Karl Kodeda
Applicability of the Clavien-Dindo classification to emergency surgical procedures: a retrospective cohort study on 444 consecutive patients
Panu J Mentula, Ari K Leppäniemi
The diagnosis of sepsis revisited - a challenge for young medical scientists in the 21st century
Lawrence A Lynn
Controlled dynamic stability as the next step in “biologic plate osteosynthesis” - a pilot prospective observational cohort study in 34 patients with distal tibia fractures
Thomas Freude, Steffen Schröter, Christoph Emanuel Gonser, Ulrich Stöckle, Yves P Acklin, Dankwart Höntzsch, Stefan Döbele
Incidence of perioperative sleep-disordered breathing in patients undergoing major surgery: a prospective cohort study
Jens Roggenbach, Patrick Saur, Stefan Hofer, Thomas Bruckner, Michael Preusch, Remo Carbone, Andreas Walther
Impact of surgeons’ experience on accuracy of radiographic segmental kyphosis assessment in thoracolumbar fractures: a prospective observational study
José Alexandre Lopes Lopes da Silva Alvarenga, Delio Eulalio Martins, Renato Hiroshi Salvioni Ueta, David del Curto, Marcelo Wajchenberg, Eduardo Barros Puertas
Surgical ward rounds in England: a trainee-led multi-centre study of current practice
Ceri Rowlands, Shelly N Griffiths, Natalie S Blencowe, Alexander Brown, Andrew Hollowood, Steve T Hornby, Sarah K Richards, Jennifer Smith, Sean Strong
MR-compatible antibiotic interlocked nail fabrication for the management of long bone infections: first case report of a new technique
Cyril Mauffrey, George W Chaus, Nathan Butler, Heather Young
Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in an Ethiopian Referral Hospital
Tom Bashford, Sophie Reshamwalla, Jacqueline McAuley, Nikole H Allen, Zahirah McNatt, Yohannes D Gebremedhen
Reviewer Acknowledgement 2013
Philip F Stahel, Pierre-Alain Clavien