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Surgical Outcomes Research Center (SORCE)

A sampler of current SORCE research projects

Bariatric Surgery Clinical Research Consortium
     NIH funded multicenter investigation of bariatric surgery

Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery
     NIH funded investigation of Surgical Outcomes in the Medicare population

Surgical Management of Pancreatic Necrosis
     NIH funded investigation of laparoscopic necrosectomy

The Utility of Radiofrequency Ablation for Liver Cancer
     NIH grant evaluating temporal trends in liver cancer therapy using SEER-Medicare

The Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Colon Resection
     NIH grant retrospectively evaluating outcomes and costs of laparoscopic and colorectal surgery using SEER-Medicare

Alternatives in Diverticulitis Management Trial
     NIH grant prospectively evaluating one-stage procedures for surgical management of acute complicated diverticulitis

Modern Management of Bowel Obstruction
     NIH grant prospectively evaluating the role of CT scanning and expectant
    management of complete bowel obstruction

Assessing Variability in Colorectal Surgery Outcomes
     Payer funded evaluation of variability in 30-day reoperation rates based on patient and hospital characteristics using the CHARS database

Factors Associated with Cholangiography Use
     Industry funded survey of 5000 surgeons evaluating the attitudes, beliefs and knowledge regarding cholangiography

Temporal Trends in the Management and Outcomes of Adult Empyema
   Privately funded population level assessment of temporal trends in the management and outcomes associated with empyema

Optimal Management of Adult Empyema
    Privately funded systematic review of primary operative versus non-operative management of adult parapneumonic empyema

Appropriate Management of Spontaneous Pneumothroax
    Privately funded poplulation level estimates of recurrence rates associated with primary operative versus non-operative management of spontaneous pneumothorax

Adverse Outcomes of Surgically Managed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
   NIH funded description of the prevalence and outcomes associated with non-small cell lung cancer

Surgery and Functional Decline in Older Adults
    NIH funded investigation of decline following major abdominal surgery in the elderly

The Effect of Advancing Age on Surgical Outcomes
    NIH funded assessment of risk of death and complications in elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations

Breast Specimen Repository
    Privately funded tissue bank investigating the causes and development of improved diagnostic and treatment techniques for breast cancer 

 

reviewed 11/05