Sep 04, 2020

Intermittent leg claudication (ILC) is a common presentation of infrainguinal peripheral artery disease and is characterized by pain or cramping in the lower leg due to reduced blood flow to the muscl...

Sep 04, 2020

Blunt head trauma (BHT) is a result of concussion or contusion and can lead to lacerated major blood vessels, aorta, or organs. Intracranial hemorrhage is one of the complications of BHT and occurs wh...

Sep 04, 2020

Obstructive colon cancer is the cancer of the colon in which malignancy occludes the lumen of the colon. Decompressing stoma (DS) and self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) are two of the routinely used p...

Sep 04, 2020

Adenocarcinoma is a type of cancer that results in the development of mucus-producing glandular cells of the body. In patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PA), pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is perf...

Aug 31, 2020

Each year, more than 180,000 adults and 70,000 children undergo an appendectomy in the United States. “Although the surgery is curative, appendectomy is still a major operation that is associated wi...

Aug 19, 2020

“There has been very little practical guidance on how to consistently implement reductions in prescribed doses, how to safely taper opioids after surgery, and how to personalize opioid prescribing t...

Aug 11, 2020

Visceral artery pseudoaneurysm (VA-PSA) is an important complication that can occur after pancreatic surgery and in the setting of acute and chronic pancreatitis. “VA-PSA can significantly impact pa...

Aug 07, 2020

The prognosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) is better than invasive gastric carcinoma, with a 5-year survival rate of more than 905 after surgery. However, the involvement of lymph nodes and lymphatic...

Jul 07, 2020

Most patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who are on dialysis will need to be referred from a dialysis facility to a kidney transplant center for a medical evaluation to potentially begin the...

Jul 06, 2020

Data showing an increase in prevalence of MRSA and other multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) infections in ICU patients suggests that antimicrobial resistance continues to increase in this population...

May 28, 2020

“The ability to predict those patients with necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) likely to succeed with percutaneous drainage (PD) alone (and conversely those patients likely to require an escalation to mo...

May 26, 2020

Research indicates that rates of severe obesity among adolescents are increasing around the world, with no signs of slowing. Although the first recommended intervention for severely obese adolescents ...

May 22, 2020

Prior research has assessed post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and with reduced ejection fractio...

May 16, 2020

Published reports indicate that as many as 8% of cardiac surgical patients are readmitted to a cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) during the same hospital stay, with readmission associated wit...

May 15, 2020

Small series points to complex issues for HT patients with Covid-19 Over an 8-week period beginning March 1, doctors at a large academic medical center in New York confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2...

May 05, 2020

Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)—a relatively new technique in therapeutic flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy—has enabled those performing endoscopy to create a new working space outside the lum...

May 01, 2020

According to current estimates, 95,000 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States who have cleared medical evaluations to receive a deceased donor kidney remain on the waiting l...

Apr 28, 2020

The French Society of Surgery has endorsed a cohort aiming to prospectively assess the frequency of recurrence after incisional hernia repair and to identify the risk factors.Consecutive patients unde...

Apr 28, 2020

Surgical coaching continues to gain momentum as an innovative method for continuous professional development. A tool to measure the performance of a surgical coach is needed to provide formative feedb...

Apr 28, 2020

Understanding the differences in how patient complexity varies across surgical specialties can inform policy decisions about appropriate resource allocation and reimbursement. This study evaluated var...