Publications by authors named "Matthias Monschein"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated the relationship between surgeon and hospital volume and postoperative outcomes in rectal cancer surgeries, focusing on complications in patients.
- Analysis of 336 patients revealed that only 14.7% of surgeons were high-volume, yet they performed 66.3% of the surgeries, indicating a concentration of cases among few surgeons.
- Results showed that the treating center significantly influenced outcomes, while individual surgeon's caseload and type of surgery (open vs. minimally invasive) did not have a meaningful independent effect on complication rates.
Introduction: Surgical- and nonsurgical complications significantly worsen postoperative outcomes, and identification of patients at risk is crucial to improve care. This study investigated whether comorbidities, graded by the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), impact complication rates and impair long-term outcome in a cohort of left-sided colorectal resections.
Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing oncological left-sided colorectal resections due to colorectal cancer between 01/2015 and 12/2020 in two referral centers in Austria using electronic medical records and national statistical bureau survival data.
Background: As there is a lack of clarity in terms of the tensile strength of mesh fixation for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR), our aim was to investigate the immediate tensile strength of currently available mesh fixation devices on human anatomic specimens.
Methods: Sixteen recently deceased body donators (mean body mass index of 24.4 kg/m) were used to test the immediate tensile strength (Newton) of 11 different LVHR mesh fixation devices.