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pro vyhledávání: '"Gabriela M. Vargas"'
Autor:
Taylor S. Riall, Hemalkumar B. Mehta, Deepak Adhikari, Gabriela M. Vargas, Francesca M. Dimou
Publikováno v:
Colorectal Disease. 19:O210-O218
AIM The objectives were to determine trends in the use of chemotherapy as the initial treatment and to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of initial chemotherapy vs resection of the primary tumour on survival (intention-to-treat analysis) in Stag
Autor:
Taylor S. Riall, Gabriela M. Vargas, Nina P. Tamirisa, Abhishek D. Parmar, Bruce L. Hall, Hemalkumar B. Mehta, E. Molly Kilbane, Henry A. Pitt
Publikováno v:
Annals of Surgery. 263:385-391
Background: For pancreatectomy patients, mortality increases with increasing age. Our study evaluated the relative contribution of overall postoperative complications and failure to rescue rates on the observed increased mortality in older patients u
Autor:
James S. Goodwin, Gabriela M. Vargas, Yong Fang Kuo, Deepak Adhikari, Taylor S. Riall, Christopher J. Zimmermann, Abhishek D. Parmar, Kristin M. Sheffield, Nina P. Tamirisa
Publikováno v:
Annals of Surgery. 262:171-178
Objective and background Minimally invasive breast biopsy (MIBB) rates remain well below guideline recommendations of more than 90% and vary across geographic areas. Our aim was to determine the variation in use attributable to the surgeon and facili
Autor:
Yong Fang Kuo, Gabriela M. Vargas, Abhishek D. Parmar, Taylor S. Riall, Deepak Adhikari, Nina P. Tamirisa, Kristin M. Sheffield, Robert A. Davee, James S. Goodwin
Publikováno v:
Annals of Surgery. 261:1184-1190
The decision regarding elective cholecystectomy in older patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis is complicated. We developed and validated a prognostic nomogram to guide shared decision making for these patients.We used Medicare claims (1996-2005)
Autor:
Nina P. Tamirisa, Kristin M. Sheffield, Taylor S. Riall, Abhishek D. Parmar, Gabriela M. Vargas, Kimberly M. Brown
Publikováno v:
Journal of Surgical Research. 191:42-50
There is a paucity of data on the current management and outcomes of liver-directed therapy (LDT) in older patients presenting with stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of the study was to evaluate treatment patterns and outcomes in use of LDT i
Trajectory of care and use of multimodality therapy in older patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Autor:
Nina P. Tamirisa, Abhishek D. Parmar, Taylor S. Riall, Kristin M. Sheffield, Gabriela M. Vargas
Publikováno v:
Surgery. 156:280-289
Multimodality therapy with chemotherapy and operative resection is recommended for patients with locoregional pancreatic cancer but is not received by many patients.To evaluate patterns in the use and timing of chemotherapy and resection and factors
Autor:
Taylor S. Riall, Kristin M. Sheffield, Nina P. Tamirisa, Mark D. Coutin, Gabriela M. Vargas, Abhishek D. Parmar
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 18:1616-1622
Our objective was to determine the probability threshold for recurrent symptoms at which elective cholecystectomy compared to observation in older patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis is the more effective and cost-effective option. We built a de
Autor:
Gabriela M. Vargas, Abhishek D. Parmar, Yimei Han, Kimberly M. Brown, Kristin M. Sheffield, Aakash Gajjar, Taylor S. Riall
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 18:369-377
Trends in the use of modern chemotherapeutic regimens, primary tumor resection, and the timing of chemotherapy and resection in older patients with stage IV colorectal cancer have not been evaluated. We used Cancer Registry- and Medicare-linked data
Autor:
Taylor S. Riall, Yong Fang Kuo, Abhishek D. Parmar, Kristin M. Sheffield, James S. Goodwin, Yimei Han, Praveen Guturu, Gabriela M. Vargas
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 119:3861-3869
BACKGROUND A previous observational study reported that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is associated with improved survival in older patients with pancreatic cancer. The objective of this study was to reevaluate this association using different statisti
Autor:
Gabriela M. Vargas, Nina P. Tamirisa, Taylor S. Riall, Eric Sieloff, Hemalkumar B. Mehta, Abhishek D. Parmar
Publikováno v:
Surgical endoscopy. 30(5)
While there are many reported advantages to laparoscopic surgery compared to open surgery, the impact of a laparoscopic approach on postoperative morbidity in obese patients undergoing rectal surgery has not been studied. Our goal was to determine wh