Mudumbai, Seshadri C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-9966
Pershing, Suzann
Bowe, Thomas
Kamal, Robin N.
Sears, Erika D.
Finlay, Andrea K.
Eisenberg, Dan
Hawn, Mary T.
Weng, Yingjie
Trickey, Amber W.
Mariano, Edward R.
Harris, Alex H. S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (IIR 16-216; RCS14-232)
Article History
Received: 28 August 2019
Accepted: 15 October 2019
First Online: 21 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We used publically available registry data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) program. The de-identified dataset does not contain any data or code or link that could allow identification of the individual. As defined by federal regulations, 45 CFR 46.102, this is not deemed human subject research and exempt from IRB review and informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.