Association of individual surgeon volume and postoperative outcome in esophagomyotomy for achalasia.

Background: Many surgical disciplines have demonstrated superior outcomes when procedures are performed at "high-volume". Esophagomyotomy is commonly performed for achalasia, however it's unclear what constitutes "high-volume" for this procedure, and if individual procedure volume and outcome are related. We identified physicians performing esophagomyotomy, stratified them by individual case volume, and examined their outcomes with the hypothesis that high-volume surgeons will be associated with improved outcomes as compared to low-volume surgeons.

Eloquence-based reperfusion scoring and its ability to predict post-thrombectomy disability and functional status.

Background: Angiographic reperfusion after endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke is commonly graded using volume-based reperfusion scores such as the modified thrombolysis in cerebral infarct score. The location of non-reperfused regions is not included in modified thrombolysis in cerebral infarct score. We studied the predictive ability of an eloquence-based reperfusion score.

Factors Associated With Decreased Accuracy of Modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarct Scoring Among Neurointerventionalists During Thrombectomy.

Background And Purpose: The modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarct (mTICI) score is used to grade angiographic outcome after endovascular thrombectomy. We sought to identify factors that decrease the accuracy of intraprocedural mTICI.

Methods: We performed a 2-center retrospective cohort study comparing operator (n=6) mTICI scores to consensus scores from blinded adjudicators.