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You are here: Home / Videos / Don\’t rush to convert – cost outcomes and legal implications

Don\’t rush to convert – cost outcomes and legal implications

 

Presented by Oliver Varban, MD at the SAGES 2014 Annual Meeting; Panel: Why Haven’t Conversion Rates Improved


cultural change–37 sec
definitions–2:00
open access technique–3:12
conversion distinctions–3:28
preventing/avoiding conversion–4:19
conversion rates by operation–5:10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.ni


Keyword(s): abdomen, abscess, ACS, acute cholecystitis, adhesions, advanced skills, adverse pathology, air leak, American Journal of Surgery, anastomosis, Annals of Surgery, appendectomy, artificial neural networks, ASA score, benefits vs risk, bleeding, BMC Surgery, BMI, British Journal of Surgery, bulky tumors, case selection, CBD extraction, CBD injury, CBDS, cholecystectomy, Cleveland Clinic Score, Clinical & Experimental Gastrenterology, colectomy, conversion prediction, conversion rates, cost outcomes, cultural change, cx, cystic duct, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, drain, EAES consensus, fistula, generalizable, hospitalization, incision length, international multicenter analysis, IOC, ISC, Journal of GI surgery, Journal of Surgical Research, JSLS, LC, learning curve, legal implications, local expertise, mentors, meta-analysis, Mirizzi syndrome, morbidity, nationwide inpt sample, NICE recommendations, obese, obesity, OC, oncologic results, open access technique, oversew, population-based analysis, pre-emptive conversion, pre-op work-up, predictive model, previous surgery, reactive conversion, recruitment bias, repair, resident training, reverse conversion, risk factors, risk score, SAGES guidelines, salvage operation, sepsis, skill acquisition, specimen mobilization, specimen retrieval, stapling, Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, surgical experience, surgical expterise, Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, systematic review, T4 tumors, teaching, Toronto Score, training, vascular division, World Journal of Surgery, World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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Video Uploaded By:
Oliver Varban
Uploaded on
07/03/2014
Video Categories
SAGES 2014 Meeting
Learning Themes
Liver, Professional / Economic
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2014 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Varban O
Video Institutions
Cleveland Clinic--Cleveland OH, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor MI


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