High Social Vulnerability and “Textbook Outcomes” after Cancer Operation

The effect of community-level factors on surgical outcomes has not been well examined. We sought to characterize differences in “textbook outcomes” (TO) relative to social vulnerability among Medicare beneficiaries who underwent operations for cancer.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - January 25, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: J. Madison Hyer, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Adrian Diaz, Rayyan S. Mirdad, Rosevine A. Azap, Jordan Cloyd, Mary Dillhoff, Aslam Ejaz, Allan Tsung, Timothy M. Pawlik Tags: Southern surgical association article Source Type: research