This database was last updated in July 2015 and is based on data from 2009 to 2013. It should only be used as a historical snapshot.

Missouri

    Compare the performance of surgeons practicing at hospitals in this state, in one of the following procedures:

Gallbladder Removal, Laparoscopic

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ICD-9-CM code 51.23)

Minimally invasive gallbladder removal. This is performed most commonly when gallstones are blocking the flow of bile. More information »

43Missouri hospitals performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
3 (7%)have at least one surgeon with a low adjusted complication rate.
Alert stop2 50396a7919fcffb9b54ceb393a298dce637a556b013844b32d7e939e9458f99d11 (26%)have at least one surgeon with a high adjusted complication rate.

Sorted by the surgeon with the lowest adjusted rate of complications at each hospital, along with a measure representing the combined performance of surgeons and hospitals for these procedures.

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Medium
High Adjusted Rate of Complications
COX MEDICAL CENTER, SPRINGFIELD
SSM ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL WEST, LAKE SAINT LOUIS
LIBERTY HOSPITAL, LIBERTY
ST LUKES HOSPITAL, CHESTERFIELD
NORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL, NORTH KANSAS CITY
ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, CAPE GIRARDEAU
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL, CAPE GIRARDEAU
ST MARYS HEALTH CENTER, JEFFERSON CITY
SSM ST MARYS HEALTH CENTER, RICHMOND HEIGHTS
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ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER, BLUE SPRINGS