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ArticleSurgery open science2023

Parathyroidectomy outcomes for Asians in the United States: Implications for resident surgical education.

Amy Liu, Sapideh Gilani

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Article in Surgery open science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amy LiuUniversity of California, San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive MC 8654, San Diego, CA 92103, USA.
Sapideh GilaniDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, MC 8654, San Diego, CA 92103, USA.
University of California, San Diego · USUniversity of California San Diego Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Outcomes for Asian patients in the United States are often overlooked in the surgical literature. Surgical education includes little emphasis on reporting outcomes for Asian patients in the United States. Our null hypothesis (H Methods: Data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) was queried for parathyroidectomy and patient race. Complications within 30 days of surgery were extracted. Results: Among, White, Black, Asian, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and Hispanic patients of the United States the Asians (p = 0.018) and Blacks (p = 0.003) had increased operative time for parathyroid surgery compared to other groups. Hispanics had the most surgical complications (p = 0.025). Blacks had statistically significant longer hospital stay (p < 0.0001). Discussion/conclusion: United States Asian patient data is not typically analyzed separately for complications. We found that in the United States Asians have increased operative time for parathyroidectomy. Future studies of healthcare inequities should include analysis of data for Asian surgical data in the United States as this may help prevent future surgical complications.

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AsianComplicationsDisparitiesHispanicOutcomesParathyroidectomyRaceSurgery

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PMID38026830
PMCPMC10679519
OpenAlexW4388018288

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