Published in The American surgeon
Music and surgery have a long and shared history, and the existence of musician-surgeons has been well documented. Best known for his 2 gastric reconstruction operations, Theodor Billroth was also a skilled musician and made valuable contributions to the field of music theory and composition. While he was a prolific composer during his lifetime, mo...
Published in The American surgeon
Published in The American surgeon
Lung cancer screening (LCS) is broadly accepted. Screening also identifies incidental cardiac findings (S findings) that need follow-up. We report the magnitude of the potential downstream revenue generated by appropriate S finding management after 4 years of our free LCS program. A retrospective database and chart review of a single-center free LC...
Published in The American surgeon
Some forms of bariatric surgery make patients susceptible to calcium malabsorption, and the parathyroid hormone (PTH) axis is important for maintaining normocalcemia in these patients. Injury to the parathyroid glands due to anterior neck surgery commonly causes PTH axis disruption and can result in severe hypocalcemia in bariatric surgery patients...
Published in The American surgeon
To evaluate the safety and outcomes of single-port laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (SPLTEP) and conventional laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (CLTEP) hernioplasty. Retrospectively, we collected patients who underwent a laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal approach. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) male patients aged >20 years, (...
Published in The American surgeon
Published in The American surgeon
Use of a urinary catheter balloon tamponade (UCBT) in controlling traumatic hemorrhage is a frequently employed but infrequently described technique. We aim to discuss the experience of balloon tamponade as a bridge to definitive hemorrhage control in the operating room. This is retrospective review at a single institution from January 2008 to Dece...
Published in The American surgeon
We hypothesized that a laparoscopic approach to sigmoidectomy for perforated diverticulitis is associated with less morbidity and mortality. The NSQIP database was used to investigate adult patients who underwent emergent colectomy with end colostomy for perforated diverticulitis. A multivariate analysis using logistic regression was used to compar...
Published in The American surgeon
Version 2 of the Needs-Based Assessment of Trauma Systems (NBATS) tool quantifies the impact of an additional trauma center on a region. This study applies NBATS-2 to a system where an additional trauma center was added to compare the tool's predictions to actual patient volumes. Injury data were collected from the trauma registry of the initial (l...
Published in The American surgeon
Melanoma is the deadliest malignancy of the skin with an estimated 91 000 new annual cases with 9300 deaths in 2018. Metastatic disease generally presents with identification of known primary lesion; however, in 3.2% of patients, metastatic disease is discovered with unknown primary lesion/site. Rarely, melanoma is diagnosed as a primary lesion in ...
