Hospital Analgesia Practices and Patient-reported Pain After Colorectal Resection.

Objective: The aim of the study was to characterize patient-reported outcomes of analgesia practices in a population-based surgical collaborative.

Background: Pain control among hospitalized patients is a national priority and effective multimodal pain management is an essential component of postoperative recovery, but there is little understanding of the degree of variation in analgesia practice and patient-reported pain between hospitals.

Methods: We evaluated patient-reported pain scores after colorectal operations in 52 hospitals in a state-wide collaborative.

Multi-institutional assessment of sphincter preservation for rectal cancer.

Background: Sphincter-preserving surgery (SPS) has been proposed as a quality measure for rectal cancer surgery. However, previous studies on SPS rates lack critical clinical characteristics, rendering it unclear if variation in SPS rates is due to unmeasured case-mix differences or surgeons' selection criteria. In this context, we investigate the variation in SPS rates at various practice settings.