Volume 8; Issue 1

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volume 8; Issue 1

1

Anatomical landmarks for safer carpal tunnel decompression: an experimental cadaveric study

Samarakoon, Lasitha B, Guruge, Malith H, Jayasekara, Madusha, Malalasekera, Ajith P, Anthony, Dimonge J, Jayasekara, Rohan W

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1019 KB

english, 2014

2

Reducing mortality in hip fracture patients using a perioperative approach and “Patient- Centered Medical Home” model: a prospective cohort study

Graham, Jove, Bowen, Thomas R, Strohecker, Kent A, Irgit, Kaan, Smith, Wade R

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 199 KB

english, 2014

3

Developing a weekly patient safety and quality meeting in a medium-sized GI surgical unit in the United Kingdom

Davies, John, Chintapatla, Srinivas, Miller, Glenn

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 149 KB

english, 2014

4

Substandard urological care of elderly patients with spinal cord injury: an unrecognized epidemic?

Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Singh, Gurpreet, Soni, Bakul, Hughes, Peter, Pulya, Kamesh

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 790 KB

english, 2014

5

Hospital costs associated with surgical morbidity after elective colorectal procedures: a retrospective observational cohort study in 530 patients

Zoucas, Evita, Lydrup, Marie-Louise

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 188 KB

english, 2014

6

Missed foot fractures in polytrauma patients: a retrospective cohort study

Ahrberg, Annette B, Leimcke, Benjamin, Tiemann, Andreas H, Josten, Christoph, Fakler, Johannes KM

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 237 KB

english, 2014

7

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

Sheikh, Fariha, Kim, Michael E, Zamora, Irving J, Olutoye, Oluyinka O

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 229 KB

english, 2014

8

Patient safety and surgical innovation–complementary or mutually exclusive?

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 230 KB

english, 2014

9

Straight proximal humeral nails are surrounded by more bone stock in comparison to bent nails in an experimental cadaveric study

Günther, Christian, Müller, Peter, Mutschler, Wolf, Sprecher, Christoph, Milz, Stefan, Braunstein, Volker

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 484 KB

english, 2014

10

“The National Surgery Quality Improvement Project” (NSQIP): a new tool to increase patient safety and cost efficiency in a surgical intensive care unit

McNelis, John, Castaldi, Maria

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 347 KB

english, 2014

11

Misdiagnosed pneumothorax interpreted as necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall: case report of a potentially preventable death

McDonald, Lucas S, Shupe, Paul G, Raiszadeh, Kian, Singh, Anshuman

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 506 KB

english, 2014

12

Dynamic diagnostic relationism: a new diagnostic paradigm for complex rapidly changing clinical conditions

Lynn, Lawrence A

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 137 KB

english, 2014

13

Current concepts for oil decontamination of crush injuries: a review

Karimkhani, Chante, Amir, Mahsa, Dellavalle, Robert P, Ipaktchi, Kyros

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 324 KB

english, 2014

14

Incidence of adverse events in an integrated US healthcare system: a retrospective observational study of 82,784 surgical hospitalizations

Zeeshan, Muhammad F, Dembe, Allard E, Seiber, Eric E, Lu, Bo

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 225 KB

english, 2014

15

Current challenges and future perspectives for patient safety in surgery

Stahel, Philip F, Mauffrey, Cyril, Butler, Nathan

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 260 KB

english, 2014

16

Patient safety – perspectives on evidence, information, and knowledge transfer

Philip F Stahel

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 793 KB

english, 2014

17

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…

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 569 KB

english, 2014

18

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…

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.90 MB

english, 2014

19

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

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.30 MB

english, 2014

20

Safe surgical technique: iliac osteotomy via the anterior approach for revision hip arthroplasty

Ziran, Navid M, Sherif, Sherif M, Matta, Joel M

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.78 MB

english, 2014

21

Lessons from aviation safety: "plan your operation – and operate your plan!"

Schelkun, Steven R

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 165 KB

english, 2014

22

Description of a multidisciplinary initiative to improve SCIP measures related to pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis compliance: a single-center success story

Sutherland, Tori, Beloff, Jennifer, Lightowler, Marie, Liu, Xiaoxia, Nascimben, Luigino, Kaye, Alan D, Urman, Richard D

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 304 KB

english, 2014

23

The pitfalls of electronic health orders: development of an enhanced institutional protocol after a preventable patient death

Manley, Brandon J, Gericke, Rebecca K, Brockman, John A, Robles, Jennifer, Raup, Valary T, Bhayani, Sam B

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 277 KB

english, 2014

24

Prolonged duration of surgery is not a risk factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy: a single center experience in 305 patients

Ambe, Peter C, Brömling, Silvia, Knoefel, Wolfram T, Rehders, Alexander

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 443 KB

english, 2014

25

Predictors of intra-operative blood loss and blood transfusion in orthognathic surgery: a retrospective cohort study in 92 patients

Al-Sebaei, Maisa O

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 487 KB

english, 2014

26

Incidence and root causes of cancellations for elective orthopaedic procedures: a single center experience of 17,625 consecutive cases

Caesar, Ulla, Karlsson, Jon, Olsson, Lars-Eric, Samuelsson, Kristian, Hansson-Olofsson, Elisabeth

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 295 KB

english, 2014

27

Screening for proteinuria in ‘at-risk’ patients with spinal cord injuries: lessons learnt from failure

Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Abraham, Kottarathil, Singh, Gurpreet, Soni, Bakul, Hughes, Peter

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 876 KB

english, 2014

28

Is the surgical knot tying technique associated with a risk for unnoticed glove perforation? An experimental study

Giordano, Vincenzo, Koch, Hilton, de Sousa Prado, Juliano, de Morais, Leonardo, de Araújo Hara, Rafael, de Souza, Felipe, do Amaral, Ney

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 359 KB

english, 2014

29

Does a mobile laminar airflow screen reduce bacterial contamination in the operating room? A numerical study using computational fluid dynamics technique

Sadrizadeh, Sasan, Tammelin, Ann, Nielsen, Peter V, Holmberg, Sture

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 615 KB

english, 2014

30

Necrotizing fasciitis in a young patient with acute myeloid leukemia – a diagnostic challenge

Brumann, Mareen, Bogner, Viktoria, Völkl, Andreas, Sotlar, Karl, Euler, Ekkehard, Mutschler, Wolf

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 749 KB

english, 2014

31

A critical assessment of monitoring practices, patient deterioration, and alarm fatigue on inpatient wards: a review

Curry, J, Jungquist, Carla R

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1018 KB

english, 2014

32

A survey of surgeons’ perception and awareness of intraoperative time utilization

Erestam, Sofia, Erichsen, Annette, Derwinger, Kristoffer, Kodeda, Karl

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 296 KB

english, 2014

33

Applicability of the Clavien-Dindo classification to emergency surgical procedures: a retrospective cohort study on 444 consecutive patients

Mentula, Panu J, Leppäniemi, Ari K

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 280 KB

english, 2014

34

The 'Ziran' wrap: reconstruction of critical-sized long bone defects using a fascial autograft and reamer-irrigator-aspirator autograft

Ziran, Navid M, Smith, Wade R

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 3.62 MB

english, 2014

35

Current preventive measures for health-care associated surgical site infections: a review

Tsai, David M, Caterson, Edward J

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 336 KB

english, 2014

36

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

Zajonz, Dirk, Franke, Anne-Catherine, von der Höh, Nicolas, Voelker, Anna, Moche, Michael, Gulow, Jens, Heyde, Christoph-Eckhard

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 900 KB

english, 2014

37

Missed signs of autonomic dysreflexia in a tetraplegic patient after incorrect placement of urethral Foley catheter: a case report

Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Soni, Bakul M, Oo, Tun, Hughes, Peter L, Singh, Gurpreet

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.40 MB

english, 2014

38

The impact of a standardized incident reporting system in the perioperative setting: a single center experience on 2,563 ‘near-misses’ and adverse events

Heideveld-Chevalking, Anita J, Calsbeek, Hiske, Damen, Johan, Gooszen, Hein, Wolff, André P

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 442 KB

english, 2014

39

The diagnosis of sepsis revisited - a challenge for young medical scientists in the 21st century

Lynn, Lawrence A

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 143 KB

english, 2014

40

Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in an Ethiopian Referral Hospital

Bashford, Tom, Reshamwalla, Sophie, McAuley, Jacqueline, Allen, Nikole H, McNatt, Zahirah, Gebremedhen, Yohannes D

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.50 MB

english, 2014

41

MR-compatible antibiotic interlocked nail fabrication for the management of long bone infections: first case report of a new technique

Mauffrey, Cyril, Chaus, George W, Butler, Nathan, Young, Heather

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.08 MB

english, 2014

42

Surgical ward rounds in England: a trainee-led multi-centre study of current practice

Ceri Rowlands,Shelly N Griffiths,Natalie S Blencowe…

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 273 KB

english, 2014

43

Incidence of perioperative sleep-disordered breathing in patients undergoing major surgery: a prospective cohort study

Jens Roggenbach,Patrick Saur,Stefan Hofer,Thomas Bruckner…

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 630 KB

english, 2014

44

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…

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 604 KB

english, 2014

45

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…

Journal:

Patient Safety in Surgery

Year:

2014

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 969 KB

english, 2014