Publications by authors named "C C Childers"
Background: Minimally invasive surgery is associated with improved short-term outcomes and similar long-term oncologic outcomes for colorectal cancer patients compared with open surgery. Although the robotic approach has ergonomic and technical benefits, how it has impacted utilization of traditional laparoscopic surgery and minimally invasive surgery overall is unclear.
Objective: Describe trends in open, robotic, and laparoscopic approaches for colorectal cancer resections and examine factors associated with minimally invasive surgery.
Introduction: Relative Value Units (RVUs) are utilized to measure physician work effort and create national benchmarks. Physicians are often measured against national benchmarks to determine compensation. Using a case study in cytoreductive surgery, we explored variability in coding that can impact national benchmarks.
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- Cetaceans, like bottlenose dolphins, are important indicators of marine ecosystem health, and their population dynamics can reveal environmental changes.
- A study analyzed the presence of 24 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 7 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the tissues of 138 stranded bottlenose dolphins in the Mississippi Sound over an 11-year period.
- The findings showed that while certain contaminants like naphthalene were detectable in dolphin tissues, there were no significant changes in chemical levels associated with the unusual mortality event in 2019 that affected these dolphins.