Subjects were patients of the five surgeons with Surgical Associates of Mansfield (SAM) who underwent an elective or urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy; or elective or urgent laparoscopic or open hernia repair (inguinal, ventral, or umbilical); and who otherwise met the inclusion criteria. I

This performance improvement study is a retrospective review of data obtained from patients at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center (MMMC) in Mansfield, Texas from May 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022. Subjects were patients of the five surgeons with Surgical Associates of Mansfield (SAM) who underwent an elective or urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy; or elective or urgent laparoscopic or open hernia repair (inguinal, ventral, or umbilical); and who otherwise met the inclusion criteria. Incisional hernias were excluded. Emergent hernia operations that required bowel or colon resections due to strangulation were excluded

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients of the five physicians of the SAM group Patients ≥18 years Patients undergoing urgent or elective laparoscopic and robotic cholecystectomy OR patients undergoing urgent or elective laparoscopic, robotic or open hernia repair (ventral, umbilical, or inguinal).

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients <18 years Patients with chronic pain conditions managed with chronic use of narcotics Patients that underwent incisional hernia repairs Patients that underwent complicated hernia repairs that included other operations such as colon and bowel resection procedures

Subjects were patients of the five surgeons with Surgical Associates of Mansfield (SAM) who underwent an elective or urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy; or elective or urgent laparoscopic or open hernia repair (inguinal, ventral, or umbilical); and who otherwise met the inclusion criteria. Incisional hernias were excluded. Emergent hernia operations that required bowel or colon resections due to strangulation were excluded

8.5. Data Use and Sharing Study data or any protected health information will not be shared with anyone that is not delegated to the study. The PI is committed to disseminate research results in a timely fashion. Sharing of results generated by the data analysis during the course of the project will be through presentation at national scientific meetings and/or publication in open access journals. All information obtained will be source de-identified and presented on a large scale and not traceable to any one particular individual.

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