Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Roy P. Won, MD; Scott Friedlander, MPH; Steven L. Lee, MD
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1001-1006. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2209
This database review evaluates the association of safety-net hospital burden with the outcomes of appendectomy.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Carlos Chavez de Paz Villanueva, MD; Valentina Bonev, MD; Maheswari Senthil, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1007-1014. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2181
This cohort study uses the National Cancer Database to examine the factors associated with underestimation of invasive cancer in patients with a clinical diagnosis of non鈥揾igh-grade DCIS that would preclude active surveillance.
Navpreet K. Dhillon, MD; Ara Ko, MD, MPH; Eric J. T. Smith, BA; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1015-1022. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2165
This study identifies sources of avoidable surgical intensive care unit days and determines strategies to minimize these days in preinterventional and postinterventional populations.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Irmina A. Elliott, MD; Carmen Chan, BA; Tara A. Russell, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1023-1029. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2155
This study distinguishes risk factors for surgical site infection subtypes and examines the association with other clinical outcomes in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery.
Caroline E. Jones, MD, MSPH; Laura A. Graham, MPH; Melanie S. Morris, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1031-1038. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2350
This cohort study examines the association between hemoglobin A1c and hospital readmissions among surgical patients with hyperglycemia.
Jessica I. Billig, MD; Yiwen Lu, MS; Adeyiza O. Momoh, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1039-1047. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2339
This secondary cross-sectional analysis, performed using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample database from 2008 to 2010, investigates factors that influence cost variation for autologous free flap breast reconstruction.
Jordan M. Cloyd, MD; Huamin Wang, MD, PhD; Michael E. Egger, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1048-1056. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2227
This study identifies clinical factors associated with major pathologic response in a large cohort of patients who underwent preoperative therapy and pancreatectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Oliver A. Varban, MD; Ruth B. Cassidy, MA; Aaron Bonham, MS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):1058-1064. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2348
This study uses data from a statewide clinical registry to identify factors associated with achieving a body mass index of less than 30 in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery.
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It鈥檚 About the Weight Loss
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD; Elizaveta Walker, MPH
JAMA Surg
Yifan Cao, MD; Hao Liu, MD; He Li, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):e173120. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3120
This study assesses whether the MGMT protein expression in patients with late-stage gastric cancer is associated with prognosis or the need for fluorouracil-based adjuvant chemotherapy.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Yen-Yi Juo, MD, MPH; Aditya Mantha, MS; Ramin Ebrahimi, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(11):e173360. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3360
This cohort study uses data from the ACS NSQIP database to examine trends and prognostic implications of postoperative myocardial infarction among patients undergoing high-risk vascular operations.