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ORACLE (ahsqc.org) lets ventral hernia repair patients visualize outcomes. ORACLE, which stands for Outcomes Reporting App for Clinical and Patient Engagement, predicts the follow- ing outcomes: risk for surgical site infection within 30 days of surgery; 30-day risk for a recur- rent ventral hernia requiring another surgery; 30-day risk for unplanned hospital readmission; one-year risk for hernia recur- rence; and length of hospital stay. "The objective of the tool is to have patients not just take responsibil- ity for good outcomes, but to know that some of their lifestyle behav- iors contribute to both good and bad outcomes postoperatively, and to have surgeons make sure that the expectations are realistic for the patient," says Ivy Haskins, MD, a general surgery chief resident at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., in a release. OSM A U G U S T 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 8 1 • SIZE MATTERS This 1.5 cm x 5 cm mesh shown here is much too small to be effective.

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