title: Comparing apples to apples: a call for unification of complication reporting across health systems.
abstract: The formalization of assessment of surgical outcomes across health care systems for complex procedures is a significant problem in the surgical literature. Low and colleagues present support for the use of the Accordion Severity Grading System as a tool to provide simple and comprehensive assessment of postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Tara C K
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Krosch
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Cunha
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019221:Mandatory Reporting / Q000941:ethics*; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012308:Risk Management / Q000941:ethics*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index