تصفح حسب المؤلف "Sedrakyan, Art"
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Differentiated thyroid cancer: millions spent with no tangible gain?
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Sedrakyan, Art; Onitilo, Adedayo A; Bagheri, Nasser; Glasziou, Paul; Doi, Suhail A.R.... more authors ... less authors ( Bio Scientifica , 2017 , Article)The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has rapidly increased worldwide over the last decades. It is unknown if the increase in diagnosis has been mirrored by an increase in thyroidectomy rates with the ... -
Geographical outcome disparities in infection occurrence after colorectal surgery: An analysis of 58,096 colorectal surgical procedures
Bagheri, Nasser; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Doi, Suhail A.R.; Clements, Archie C.A.; Sedrakyan, Art ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Background Despite improved surgical practices and in-hospital surveillance systems, surgical site infections remain a major public health problem worldwide and often require readmission to hospital. The aim was to apply ... -
Hospital effect on infections after four major surgeries: Outlier and volume-outcome analysis using all-inclusive state data
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Doi, Suhail A.R.; Smith, Paul N.; Bagheri, Nasser; Clements, Archie C.A.; Sedrakyan, Art... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Hospital volume is known to have a direct impact on outcomes of major surgeries. However, it is unclear if the evidence applies specifically to surgical site infections. To determine if there are procedure-specific hospital ...