Validation of the ACS-NSQIP surgical risk calculator for patients with paraoesophageal hernias undergoing robotic repair.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
Published Date: Aug 1, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) American College of Surgeons (ACS) risk calculator is a validated method of predicting postoperative complications that was recently updated to a machine-learning structure. The objective of this study was to measure the accuracy of this calculator in our institution on paraoesophageal hernia (PEH) repair.

Authors

  • Jordan Taylor
    School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
  • Luis Arias-Espinosa
    Division of General Surgery, New York University Langone Health, 530 1Th Ave, New York City, NY, 10016, USA. luisariasespinosa@gmail.com.
  • Catherine McGeoch
    Division of General Surgery, New York University Langone Health, 530 1Th Ave, New York City, NY, 10016, USA.
  • Vaishali Shah
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYU Langone Health Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. (Drs. V. Shah, Munoz, and Huang).
  • Ethan Shyu
    Division of General Surgery, New York University Langone Health, 530 1Th Ave, New York City, NY, 10016, USA.
  • Niti Shahi
    Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA. Electronic address: niti.shahi@umassmemorial.org.
  • Simon Rodier
    Digital Technologies, National Research Council Canada.
  • Brian Kaplan
    Division of General Surgery, New York University Langone Health, 530 1Th Ave, New York City, NY, 10016, USA.
  • Flavio Malcher
    Division of General Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA.
  • Tanuja Damani
    Department of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 530 First Avenue, HCC Building, Suite 6 C, New York, NY, 10016, USA. Tanuja.damani@nyulangone.org.

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