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Surgery General

Vaccination Against COVID-19 is Linked to a Lower Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection And Morbidity After Surgery.

Apr 14, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine if COVID-19 immunization affected postoperative mortality, pulmonary and thrombotic complications, readmissions, and hospital lengths of stay in patien...

ER-REBOA Catheter & Associated Complications & Outcomes

Apr 14, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to explain the current use of the Emergency Room - Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (ER-REBOA) catheter, as well as the outcomes and issues...

Outcomes and Health-Care Utilization After Early Hospital Dismissal in Kidney Transplant

Apr 14, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine if shorter hospital stays after kidney transplantation were linked to higher health-care utilization in the first 90 days or better long-term graft and...

Nuss Treatment Changes in the Recent Past

Apr 14, 2022

Over the previous 10 years, the researchers sought to determine the standardized Nuss correction of pectus excavatum and vacuum bell treatment. They analyzed 1,885 pectus excavatum patients throughout...

During Nonoperative Management of Incisional Hernias, There is a Risk of Incarceration.

Apr 14, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to quantify the risk of incisional hernias incarceration. From 2010 to 2017, 15 hospitals in a single healthcare system did a retrospective review of adult patients...

PC: Clinical Presentation Treatment & Prognosis

Apr 14, 2022

Researchers described the clinical presentation and workup of parathyroid cancer (PC) and estimated clinical prognostic factors in the retrospective cohort analysis. Recurrence-free survival was the p...

The Fistula Risk Score Catalog for Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreatoduodenectomy

Apr 14, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to offer a wide range of individual patient presentations of pancreatic fistula risk and define the utility of mitigation techniques in some of the most common and ...

Molecular Patterns in AP Reflect Generalizable Endotypes of the Host Response to Systemic Injury in Humans

Apr 14, 2022

Acute Pancreatitis (AP) was a quick onset pancreas inflammation that resulted in systemic harm and a broad and dramatically variable spectrum of clinical outcomes. For a study, the researchers expecte...

Outcomes of Robotic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy (RLDRH) in 52 Cases

Apr 14, 2022

The researchers sought to determine if Robotic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy (RLDRH) was feasible and safe for a study. RLDRH was performed on 52 liver donors between March 2016 and March 2019. RLDRH...

Perioperative Complications After Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer

Apr 14, 2022

In patients receiving proctectomy for nonmetastatic rectal cancer, the researchers sought to investigate the relationship between neoadjuvant treatment methods and perioperative complications. Between...

A 4-tier Protocolized Radiological Classification System for Leaks Following Sleeve Gastrectomy

Apr 14, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to create and validate a classification of sleeve gastrectomy leaks based on protocolized computed tomography (CT) findings and widely functional characteristics th...

Rates of Anastomotic Complications & Their Management Following Esophagectomy

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine the frequencies of anastomotic leak (AL) and conduit necrosis (CN) following esophagectomy and how they were treated in an international population. Pa...

Comparing Clinician Consensus Recommendations to Patient-reported Opioid Use Across Multiple Hospital Systems

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to compare consensus recommendations for 5 surgical procedures to patient consumption statistics gathered prospectively. They pooled data from several hospitals aro...

Extending Trauma Quality Improvement Beyond Trauma Hospitals

Apr 13, 2022

Even though the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has a sophisticated quality improvement program in place for ACS-verified trauma centers, many injured patients were treated at non-accredited facili...

Combined Vascular Resection for Locally Advanced Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to see if combined vascular resection (VR) in advanced perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC) was effective and safe. PHC patients diagnosed between 2001 and 2018 were ...

Genomic Stratification of Resectable CRLM Patients & Implications for Adjuvant Therapy and Survival

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to see if genomic risk groups discovered by colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) somatic mutation testing may be used for "molecularly-guided" adjuvant systemic chemo...

Relationship Between Health Care Spending & Clinical Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine the sources of variation in 90-day episode spending in Health Care patients undergoing bariatric surgery and whether spending variation was related to ...

The Impact of Adjuvant Therapy on Survival After Esophagectomy for Node-negative Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine if adjuvant treatment was linked with a survival advantage in patients with high-risk T2-4a distal esophageal adenocarcinoma pathologically node-negati...

Utilization of Geographic Variation & Mortality After EGS Operations in the Northeastern & Southeastern US

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to find how much variance there was in the rates of emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures and subsequent death in the Northeastern and Southeastern United Stat...

The Role of Targeted Vs Standard Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Pancreatoduodenectomy in Reducing Postoperative Infectious Complications

Apr 13, 2022

As perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis, current guidelines recommend a first-generation cephalosporin. On the other hand, some research supports the use of tailored antibiotics. For a study, the rese...

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