Benefits of TOPS
TOPS information benefits the participating physician and the plastic surgery specialty as a practice management tool in clinical research, advocacy, and communication with the media and the public.
Practice Management Tool
- Individual and peer group comparison
- National benchmarks for practice patterns
- Reports on practice demographics
Advocacy
- Provides valid data necessary to effectively respond to onerous state and federal regulations
- Provides valid data to demonstrate the quality of health care provided by board-certified plastic surgeons vs. the competition
Communication with Media and the Public
- Provides continuing valid procedural statistics to the media
- Supports the branding of the ASPS logo as the symbol of excellence in plastic surgery
Clinical Research
- Develop evidence-based patient care parameters
- Conduct multi-center clinical trials
- Monitor clinical outcomes and emerging trends
Continuous Certification
- Satisfy the Practice Improvement Activity of Continuous Certification for the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)
TOPS Publications
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Comparison of Institutional Experience and the Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons Registry
- Leveraging the Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons Database for Plastic Surgery Research: A "How-To" Guide
- Incision Location Predicts 30-Day Major Adverse Events after Cosmetic Breast Augmentation: An Analysis of the Tracking Outcomes and Operations for Plastic Surgeons Database
- Textured and smooth implant use reported in the tracking operations and outcomes for plastic surgeons database: Epidemiologic implications for BIA-ALCL
- The use of patient registries in breast surgery: A comparison of the tracking operations and outcomes for plastic surgeons and national surgical quality improvement program data sets
- Impact of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis duration on surgical site infections in autologous breast reconstruction
- Combining abdominal and cosmetic breast surgery does not increase short-term complication rates: A comparison of each individual procedure and pretreatment risk stratification tool
- Benchmarking outcomes in plastic surgery: National complication rates for abdominoplasty and breast augmentation
- The impact of acellular dermal matrix on tissue expander/implant loss in breast reconstruction: An analysis of the tracking outcomes and operations in plastic surgery database
- Is there a safe lipoaspirate volume? A risk assessment model of liposuction volume as a function of body mass index
- Is there a limit? A risk assessment model of liposuction and lipoaspirate volume on complications in abdominoplasty
- A multi-institutional analysis of insurance status as a predictor of morbidity following breast reconstruction
- Individualized risk of surgical complications: An application of the breast reconstruction risk assessment score