Hill, Maureen V Ross, Eric A Crawford, Derrick Lai, Lily Turaga, Kiran Grubbs, Elizabeth G Mullen, John Dineen, Sean D'Angelica, Michael Reddy, Sanjay
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American journal of surgery
The COVID crisis hit during the interview season for the Complex General Surgical Oncology (CGSO) fellowship. With minimal time to adapt, all programs transitioned to virtual interviews. Here we describe the experience of both program directors (PDs) and candidates with virtual interviews, and provide guidelines for implementation based on the resu...
Jakob, Dominik A Benjamin, Elizabeth R Cremonini, Camilla Demetriades, Demetrios
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American journal of surgery
The aim of this study was to evaluate the management strategies and outcomes of isolated severe pelvic fractures in level I and II ACS verified trauma centers. ACS-TQIP database study, including patients with blunt, isolated severe pelvic facture (AIS 3-5). 2629 level I and 1277 level II patients were included. Early blood product transfusion was s...
Gu, Yan Wang, Ping Li, Hangyu Tian, Wen Tang, Jianxiong
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American journal of surgery
Surgical management of patients with ventral abdominal wall defects, especially complex abdominal wall defects, remains a challenging problem for abdominal wall reconstructive surgeons. Effective surgical treatment requires appropriate preoperative assessment, surgical planning, and correct operative procedure in order to improve postoperative clin...
Braun, Hillary J Schwab, Marisa P Jin, Chengshi Amara, Dominic Mehta, Neil J Grace, Trevor R Croci, Rhiannon Freise, Chris E Roberts, John P Hirose, Ryutaro
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American journal of surgery
Opioids are generally discouraged and used sparingly in liver transplant (LT) candidates prior to LT. This study examined the relationship between opioid use at the time of LT and graft and patient survival following transplantation. A retrospective single center cohort study of LT recipients from June 2012 to December 2019 was performed. Primary o...
Khanijow, Anisha N Wood, Lauren N Xie, Rongbing Theiss, Lauren M Hollis, Robert H Hardiman, Karin M Gunnells, Drew J Kennedy, Gregory D Morris, Melanie S Cannon, Jamie A
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American journal of surgery
Enhanced Recovery Programs (ERPs) benefit patients but their effects on healthcare costs remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the costs associated with a colorectal ERP in a large academic health system. Patients who underwent colorectal surgery from 2012 to 2014 (pre-ERP) and 2015-2017 (ERP) were propensity score matched based on patien...
Singh, Rahulpreet Byam, James Radwan, Rami W Stephenson, Brian M
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American journal of surgery
Lee, Yung Kirubarajan, Abirami Patro, Nivedh Soon, Melissa Sam Doumouras, Aristithes G Hong, Dennis
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American journal of surgery
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted surgical practice worldwide. There is widespread concern for surgeon and provider safety, and the implications of hospital lockdown on patient care during epidemics. Medline, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and PubMed were systematically searched from database inception to July 1, 2020 and ongoing monthly surveillance will be c...
Abd El Aziz, Mohamed A Grass, Fabian Behm, Kevin T D'Angelo, Anne-Lise Mathis, Kellie L Dozois, Eric J Larson, David W
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American journal of surgery
Characteristics and indications for discharging patients to home or a specific facility type have been studied; however, critical evaluation of these facilities through analysis of post-discharge complications and readmission rates is mandatory. The aim of this study was to compare complications occurring after discharge to home, skilled, and unski...
Netanel, Carmit Goitein, David Rubin, Moshe Kleinbaum, Yeruham Katsherginsky, Sima Hermon, Hila Tsaraf, Keren Tachlytski, Irina Herman, Amir Safran, Michal
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American journal of surgery
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in bariatric surgery candidates. We evaluated the effect of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) on NAFLD using validated non-invasive measures. Patients with morbid obesity and NAFLD, planned for SG, were evaluated before and after surgery. Data collected included anthropometrics, biochemistry, adiponectin, St...
Attaar, Mikhail Su, Bailey Wong, Harry J Kuchta, Kristine Denham, Woody Linn, John G Ujiki, Michael B
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American journal of surgery
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has previously been shown to be equally if not more expensive than laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM). We compare perioperative outcomes and charges between POEM and LHM at a single institution. Outcomes and charge data of 33 patients who underwent LHM and 126 patients who underwent POEM were analyzed. Patients who ...
