Association of VA Surgeons
Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc; Barbara H. Hanusa, PhD; Roslyn A. Stone, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):103-109. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.956
This original investigation shows that the review times observed at one institutional review board are substantially longer than the 60-day target recommended by expert panels.
John Y. S. Kim, MD; Nima Khavanin, BS; Aksharananda Rambachan, BA; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):110-117. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1841
This retrospective cohort study demonstrates that longer surgery is directly associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolism.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Denise S. Tai, MD; Na Shen, MD; Gregory L. Szot, MS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):118-124. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.932
This retrospective cohort study finds that pancreatic resection with autologous islet transplantation for severe chronic pancreatitis is a safe and effective final alternative to ameliorate debilitating pain and to help prevent the development of surgical diabetes.
Association of VA Surgeons
Daniel Nassau, MD; Svetlana Avulova, MD; Fara M. Friedman, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):125-128. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1332
This retrospective review finds that neither race nor metabolic risk factors affect nocturia severity; however, variables that denote nocturnal urine overproduction sharply discriminate the risk of nocturia severity.
Syed Nabeel Zafar, MBBS, MPH; Augustine Obirieze, MBBS, MPH; Babawande Adesibikan, BSc; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):129-136. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2339
This retrospective review found that laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed within 2 days of presentation of acute cholecystitis yielded the best outcomes and lowest costs.
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Early Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (JAMA Surgery)
Abigail S. Caudle, MD, MS; Wei T. Yang, MD; Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):137-143. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1086
This prospective feasibility trial adds selective removal of clip-containing lymph nodes to sentinel lymph node dissection, with the possibility of identifying patients for limited nodal surgery after chemotherapy.
Rouzbeh Mostaedi, MD; Mohamed R. Ali, MD; Jonathan L. Pierce, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):144-151. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2242
This database study found that surgical training does not sufficiently emphasize the necessary exposure to technical expertise and clinical management of patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
Jeffrey J. Tosoian, MD, MPH; Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS; John L. Cameron, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):152-158. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2346
This retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected institutional database linked to statewide data of patients who underwent pancreatectomy at a tertiary care referral center finds that 21.5% of patients required early readmission after pancreatectomy.
Mohamed Elshaer, MD; Gianpiero Gravante, MD, PhD; Katie Thomas, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):159-168. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1219
This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrates that subtotal cholecystectomy is an important tool for use in difficult gallbladders and achieves morbidity rates comparable to those reported for total cholecystectomy in simple cases.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Morgan K. Richards, MD; Jarod P. McAteer, MD, MPH; F. Thurston Drake, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(2):169-172. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1791
This retrospective review shows that minimally invasive surgery has an increasingly prominent role in contemporary surgical therapy for many common diseases, although the open approach still predominates in all but 5 procedures.