2 results match your criteria: "Center for Advanced Surgical Technologies of Norton Hospital[Affiliation]"
Surveillance after surgical treatment of melanoma: futility of routine chest radiography.
Surgery
October 2010
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, James Graham Brown Cancer Center and Center for Advanced Surgical Technologies of Norton Hospital Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Background: Current recommendations by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and other groups suggest that follow-up of cutaneous melanoma may include chest radiography (CXR) at 6- to 12-month intervals. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical efficacy of routine CXR for recurrence surveillance in melanoma.
Methods: Post hoc analysis was performed on data from a prospective, randomized, multi-institutional study on melanoma ≥1.
Surgeon-led initiatives cut costs and enhance the quality of endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures.
JSLS
January 2004
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Center for Advanced Surgical Technologies of Norton Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
Background: Public perception depicts surgical cost control and quality of care as polar opposites. We describe a program led by practicing surgeons that demonstrates that quality can be maintained, and often improved, while substantial cost reductions are realized.
Methods: A set of evidence-based protocols was developed, revised, and followed for 42 procedures in general, otolaryngologic, urologic, and orthopedic surgery.