Outcomes and costs of elective surgery for diverticular disease: A comparison with other diseases requiring colectomy

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 316-321

  Van Arendonk, Kyle J ^a   Tymitz, Kevin M ^b   Gearhart, Susan L ^a   Stem, Miloslawa ^a   Lidor, Anne O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DESCENDING COLON; DIVERTICULOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SHOCK; STOMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876814650     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1010     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Kozak LJ, DeFrances CJ, Hall MJ. National hospital discharge survey: 2004 annual summary with detailed diagnosis and procedure data. Vital Health Stat 13. 2006;(162):1-209.
2. Sandler RS, Everhart JE, Donowitz M, et al. The burden of selected digestive diseases in the United States. Gastroenterology. 2002;122(5):1500- 1511.
3. Chapman JR, Dozois EJ, Wolff BG, Gullerud RE, Larson DR. Diverticulitis: a progressive disease? do multiple recurrences predict less favorable outcomes? Ann Surg. 2006;243(6): 876-830; discussion 880-873.
4. Janes S, Meagher A, Frizelle FA. Elective surgery after acute diverticulitis. Br J Surg. 2005;92 (2):133-142.
5. Constantinides VA, Tekkis PP, Senapati A; Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain Ireland. Prospective multicentre evaluation of adverse outcomes following treatment for complicated diverticular disease. Br J Surg. 2006;93(12):1503-1513.
6. Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) website. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/nisoverview.jsp. Accessed June 21, 2012.
7. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis. 1987;40 (5):373-383.
8. Iezzoni LI, Daley J, Heeren T, et al. Identifying complications of care using administrative data. Med Care. 1994;32(7):700-715.
9. Santry HP, Gillen DL, Lauderdale DS. Trends in bariatric surgical procedures. JAMA. 2005; 294(15):1909-1917.
10. Murphy MM, Shah SA, Simons JP, et al. Predicting major complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a simple risk score. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009;13(11):1929-1936.
11. Jha AK, Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. The long-term effect of premier pay for performance on patient outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2012;366(17):1606-1615.
12. Lindenauer PK, Remus D, Roman S, et al. Public reporting and pay for performance in hospital quality improvement. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(5):486-496.
13. Glickman SW, Ou FS, DeLong ER, et al. Pay for performance, quality of care, and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2007;297(21):2373-2380.
14. Chassin MR. Achieving and sustaining improved quality: lessons from New York State and cardiac surgery. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002;21(4):40-51.
15. Rafferty J, Shellito P, Hyman NH, Buie WD; Standards Committee of American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Practice parameters for sigmoid diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2006;49(7):939-944.
16. Anaya DA, Flum DR. Risk of emergency colectomy and colostomy in patients with diverticular disease. Arch Surg. 2005;140(7):681-685.
17. Richards RJ, Hammitt JK. Timing of prophylactic surgery in prevention of diverticulitis recurrence: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Dig Dis Sci. 2002;47(9):1903-1908.
18. Salem L, Veenstra DL, Sullivan SD, Flum DR. The timing of elective colectomy in diverticulitis: a decision analysis. J Am Coll Surg. 2004;199(6):904-912.
19. Broderick-Villa G, Burchette RJ, Collins JC, Abbas MA, Haigh PI. Hospitalization for acute diverticulitis does not mandate routine elective colectomy. Arch Surg. 2005;140(6):576-583.
20. Leigh JE, Judd ES, Waugh JM. Diverticulitis of the colon: recurrence after apparently adequate segmental resection. Am J Surg. 1962;103:51-54.
21. Benn PL, Wolff BG, Ilstrup DM. Level of anastomosis and recurrent colonic diverticulitis. Am J Surg. 1986;151(2):269-271.
22. Thaler K, Baig MK, Berho M, et al. Determinants of recurrence after sigmoid resection for uncomplicated diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2003;46(3):385-388.
23. Forgione A, Leroy J, Cahill RA, et al. Prospective evaluation of functional outcome after laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy. Ann Surg. 2009;249(2):218-224.
24. Egger B, Peter MK, Candinas D. Persistent symptoms after elective sigmoid resection for diverticulitis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2008;51(7):1044-1048.
25. Etzioni DA, Mack TM, Beart RWJr., Kaiser AM. Diverticulitis in the United States: 1998-2005: changing patterns of disease and treatment. Ann Surg. 2009;249(2):210-217.
26. Klarenbeek BR, Samuels M, van der Wal MA, van der Peet DL, Meijerink WJ, Cuesta MA. Indications for elective sigmoid resection in diverticular disease. Ann Surg. 2010;251(4): 670-674.
27. Lidor AO, Schneider E, Segal J, Yu Q, Feinberg R, Wu AW. Elective surgery for diverticulitis is associated with high risk of intestinal diversion and hospital readmission in older adults. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010;14(12):1867- 1874.
28. Aydin HN, Remzi FH, Tekkis PP, Fazio VW. Hartmann's reversal is associated with high postoperative adverse events. Dis Colon Rectum. 2005;48(11):2117-2126.
29. Vermeulen J, Coene PP, Van Hout NM, et al. Restoration of bowel continuity after surgery for acute perforated diverticulitis: should Hartmann's procedure be considered a one-stage procedure? Colorectal Dis. 2009;11(6):619-624.
30. Belizon A, Sardinha CT, Sher ME. Converted laparoscopic colectomy: what are the consequences? Surg Endosc. 2006;20(6):947-951.
31. Marusch F, Gastinger I, Schneider C, et al Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Study Group (LCSSG). Importance of conversion for results obtained with laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum. 2001;44(2):207-216.
32. Goldstein EJ, Citron DM, Merriam CV, Abramson MA. Infection after elective colorectal surgery: bacteriological analysis of failures in a randomized trial of cefotetan vs. ertapenem prophylaxis. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2009;10(2):111-118.
33. Klabunde CN, Warren JL, Legler JM. Assessing comorbidity using claims data: an overview. Med Care. 2002;40(8)(suppl):IV-26-IV-35.
34. Klarenbeek BR, Veenhof AA, Bergamaschi R, et al. Laparoscopic sigmoid resection for diverticulitis decreases major morbidity rates: a randomized control trial: short-term results of the Sigma Trial. Ann Surg. 2009;249(1):39-44.
35. Siddiqui MR, Sajid MS, Qureshi S, Cheek E, Baig MK. Elective laparoscopic sigmoid resection for diverticular disease has fewer complications than conventional surgery: a meta-analysis. Am J Surg. 2010;200(1):144-161.