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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2021

Textbook outcomes in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.

Diamantis I Tsilimigras, Timothy Michael Pawlik, Dimitrios Moris

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Diamantis I TsilimigrasDepartment of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
Timothy Michael PawlikDepartment of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
Dimitrios MorisDepartment of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, United States. dimmoris@yahoo.com.

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concept of textbook outcome (TO) has recently gained popularity in surgical research and has been used to evaluate the quality or success of different surgical procedures, including hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) operations. TO consists of individual outcome parameters that each reflect different domains of care including structure, process, and individual outcomes; in turn, the composite TO metric represents the optimal course after a surgical episode. TO can be used to assess patient-level outcomes, hospital performance, center designation and quality metrics. In addition to being an outcome measurement, TO may also be linked to healthcare costs. Future efforts should be directed towards establishing a universal definition of TO in HPB surgery so that surgeons and hospitals can assess and compare outcomes, identify shortcomings and improve real world patient outcomes.

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Digestive System Surgical ProceduresSurgeonsHospitalsHumansHepatopancreatobiliaryOutcomeSurgeryTextbook

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PMID33958840
PMCPMC8058657

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