ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2016
Surgical research using national databases.
Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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100 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Assessing the reproducibility of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) arthroplasty studies.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors associated with cardiac complication after total joint arthroplasty of the hip and knee: a systematic review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2019Pooled it
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- Comparison of Nationwide Volumes for Five Major Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures in Japan: Implications From Publicly Available NCD and NDB Open Data.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Article
- BMI threshold associates with increased 30-day complications after total thyroidectomy surgery.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Advancing paediatric robotic surgery: building the foundation with databases.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Trends in Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty: A Decade in Review.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Association between hospital volume and mortality after elective oesophageal cancer resection in Switzerland: a retrospective national registry study from 2013 to 2022.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Observational
- Epidemiology of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma in Chile: A Systematic Review and 24-Year Nationwide Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction · 2026Review
- The impact of preoperative nutritional status on 30-day outcomes after elective lumbar laminectomy for lumbar stenosis: a population-based cohort analysis.Asian spine journal · 2026Article
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- Association of race and 30-day postoperative complications after urologic oncology surgery.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2025Article
- Prior leg length discrepancy in total hip arthroplasty patients causes greater implant complications and faster time to revision.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Article
- Incidentally Diagnosed Asymptomatic COVID-19 Does Not Increase Total Complication Risk in Total Joint Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2025Article
- Clinical outcomes of posterior cervical fusion in the setting of increasing age and medical complexity: an American national database analysis from 2012 to 2022.Asian spine journal · 2025Article
- Total shoulder arthroplasty in patients with degenerative cervical spine disease: Does cervical spine surgery affect outcomes?European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Article
- Data-driven Preoperative Albumin Level Predicts Increased Risk of 30-day Surgical Site Infection Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.Spine surgery and related research · 2025Article
- Conversion following minimally invasive attempt at simultaneous colorectal and liver resection does not affect 30-day postoperative overall morbidity.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2025Article
40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Recent changes in healthcare and advances in technology have increased the use of large-volume national databases in surgical research. These databases have been used to develop perioperative risk stratification tools, assess postoperative complications, calculate costs, and investigate numerous other topics across multiple surgical specialties. The results of these studies contain variable information but are subject to unique limitations. The use of large-volume national databases is increasing in popularity, and thorough understanding of these databases will allow for a more sophisticated and better educated interpretation of studies that utilize such databases. This review will highlight the composition, strengths, and weaknesses of commonly used national databases in surgical research.
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