Emergency access to neurosurgical care for patients with traumatic brain injury
Sharma S, Gomez D, de Mestral C, Hsiao M, Rutka J, Nathens AB. J Am Coll Surg. 2014; 218 (1): 51-7. Epub 2013 Nov 7.
Publications
Complications of daytime elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed by surgeons who had operated the night before
Vinden C, Nash DM, Rangrej J, Shariff SZ, Dixon SN, Jain AK, Garg AX. JAMA. 2013; 310(17):1837-41.
Impact of provider volume on operative mortality after radical cystectomy in a publicly funded healthcare system
Kulkarni GS, Urbach DR, Austin PC, Fleshner NE, Laupacis A. Can Urol Assoc J. 2013; 7(11-12):425-9.
Duration of preoperative β-blockade and outcomes after major elective noncardiac surgery
Wijeysundera DN, Beattie WS, Wijeysundera HC, Yun L, Austin PC, Ko DT. Can J Cardiol. 2013; 30(2):217-23. Epub 2013 Oct 24.
Increased surgeon experience with rheumatoid arthritis reduces the risk of complications following total joint arthroplasty
Ravi B, Croxford R, Austin PC, Hollands S, Paterson JM, Bogoch E, Kreder H, Hawker GA. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014; 66(3):488-9. Epub 2013 Oct 21.
Exclusion of patients with sequential primary total joint arthroplasties from arthroplasty outcome studies biases outcome estimates: a retrospective cohort study
Ravi B, Croxford R, Hawker G. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2013; 21(12):1841-8. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
Uptake and patient outcomes of laparoscopic colon and rectal cancer surgery in a publicly funded system and following financial incentives
Simunovic M, Baxter NN, Sutradhar R, Liu N, Cadeddu M, Urbach D. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013; 20(12):3740-6. Epub 2013 Jul 13.
Higher surgeon and hospital volume improves long-term survival after radical cystectomy
Kulkarni GS, Urbach DR, Austin PC, Fleshner NE, Laupacis A. Cancer. 2013; 119(19):3546-54. Epub 2013 Jul 9.
Survival after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in the elderly
Yung D, Birnie D, Dorian P, Healey JS, Simpson CS, Crystal E, Krahn AD, Khaykin Y, Cameron D, Chen Z, Lee DS. Circulation. 2013; 127(24):2383-92.
Surgery or consultation: a population-based cohort study of use of orthopaedic surgeon services
Badley EM, Canizares M, MacKay C, Mahomed NN, Davis AM. PLoS One. 2013; 8(6):e65560.