Jason D. Wright

OBJECTIVE: To analyze factors associated with 30-day readmission among women who underwent hysterectomy for uterine cancer and benign indications. METHODS: We used the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database to perform a coh…

OBJECTIVE: To perform an econometric analysis to examine the influence of procedure volume, variation in hospital accounting methodology, and use of various analytic methodologies on cost of robotically assisted hysterectomy for benign gyne…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a population-based analysis to compare the complications and cost of laparoscopic and robotically assisted adnexal surgery. METHODS: A nationwide database was used to analyze the use and outcomes of robotically assist…

Adenomyosis is a common, non-neoplastic, chronic gynecologic disorder that is detected in 5% to 70% of hysterectomy specimens. It is characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium, and it occurs…

OBJECTIVE: There is growing recognition that, in addition to occurrence of perioperative complications, the treatment of patients with complications influences outcome. We examined complications, failure to rescue (death in patients with a …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the use of inpatient hysterectomy and explore changes in the use of various routes of hysterectomy and patterns of referral. METHODS: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample was used to identify all women aged 18 years or old…

There has been increasing enthusiasm for robotic gynecologic surgery in recent years. Most data supporting robotically assisted hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease were from small studies conducted in single institutions or centers …

PAX8 is a nuclear transcription factor with limited expression in normal and neoplastic tissues in a cell lineage-dependent manner. PAX8 has been detected in embryonic Müllerian ducts, human fallopian tubes, and ovarian carcinomas. However,…