True benefit or selection bias: An analysis of laparoscopic versus open splenectomy from the ACS-NSQIP

Keyphrases

• Selection Bias 100%
• American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) 100%
• Laparoscopic versus Open 100%
• Overall Morbidity 50%
• Regression Analysis 33%
• High Mortality 16%
• Comorbidity 16%
• Non-associated 16%
• Minimally Invasive Technique 16%
• High Incidence 16%
• Patient Characteristics 16%
• Length of Hospital Stay 16%
• Surgical Technique 16%
• Mortality Rate 16%
• Potential Confounders 16%
• Independent Risk Factors 16%
• Patient Outcomes 16%
• Splenectomy 16%
• Inpatient Outcomes 16%
• Minimally Invasive Approach 16%
• Patient Comorbidities 16%
• Overall Mortality 16%
• Underlying Pathology 16%
• Spleen Size 16%
• Surgical History 16%
• COMPARE Analysis 16%
• Current Procedural Terminology Codes 16%
• Concomitant Procedures 16%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Selection Bias 100%
• Splenectomy 100%
• Surgical Technique 7%
• Minimally Invasive Procedure 7%
• Mortality Rate 7%
• Patient Characteristics 7%
• Current Procedural Terminology 7%
• Surgical History 7%

Immunology and Microbiology

• Mortality Rate 50%
• Current Procedural Terminology 50%
• Spleen Size 50%