Kathleen A. Armstrong, MD, MSc; Peter C. Coyte, PhD, MA; Mitchell Brown, MD, MEd; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):622-627. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0111
This randomized clinical trial examines whether follow-up care delivered via a mobile app can be used to avert in-person follow-up care visits compared with conventional, in-person follow-up care in the first 30 days following ambulatory surgery.
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Invited Commentary
Time to Embrace the Digital Age in Health Care
Tarik Sammour, MBChB, PhD, FRACS; Andrew G. Hill, MBChB, MD, EdD, FRACS
JAMA Surg
Andrew M. Ibrahim, MD, MSc; Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MS; Jyothi R. Thumma, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):629-636. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0542
This study uses claims data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project鈥檚 State Inpatient Database to assess the variation in care quality and postoperative outcomes among US bariatric centers of excellence.
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Variation in Outcomes at Bariatric Centers of Excellence (JAMA Surgery)
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Podcast:
Variation in Outcomes at Bariatric Centers of Excellence
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Invited Commentary
Quality Improvement and Accreditation: The Never-Ending Story
Rajesh Aggarwal, MBBS, MA, PhD, FRCS, FRCSC
JAMA Surg
Zachary M. Borab, BA; Michael A. Lanni, BS; Michael G. Tecce, DO; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):638-645. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0131
This meta-analysis evaluates the association of implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems with rates of ordering of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and the rates of venous thromboembolism.
Rebecca Nash, MPH; Michael Goodman, MD, MPH; Chun Chieh Lin, MBA, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):648-657. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0115
This cohort study examines state variation in the temporal trend and the proportion of women among a cohort of US women with early-stage breast cancer treated with surgery.
Steven J. Katz, MD, MPH; Nancy K. Janz, PhD, MS; Paul Abrahamse, MA; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):658-664. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0458
This population-based survey study examines the association between patient report of first-surgeon recommendation against contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and the extent of discussion about it with 3 outcomes: patient satisfaction with surgery decisions, receipt of a second opinion, and receipt of surgery by a second surgeon.
Audree B. Tadros, MD; Wei T. Yang, MD; Savitri Krishnamurthy, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):665-670. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0562
This cohort study identifies patients with breast cancer and a pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a low risk for axillary metastases and possibly eligible for omission of surgery.
Gary B. Deutsch, MD, MPH; Devin C. Flaherty, DO, PhD; Daniel D. Kirchoff, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):672-678. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0459
This study evaluates the survival benefit achieved through surgical resection of melanoma metastatic to the abdominal viscera in patients treated in the modern treatment environment.
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Invited Commentary
Metastasectomy for Abdominal Visceral Oligometastatic Melanoma
Danielle K. DePeralta, MD; Jonathan S. Zager, MD
JAMA Surg
Baha Siam, MD; Abbas Al-Kurd, MD; Natalia Simanovsky, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):679-685. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0578
This cohort study compares the outcomes of appendectomies performed by senior general surgeons with those performed by general surgery residents.
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Invited Commentary
Increasing Resident Autonomy Without Compromising Patient Safety
Rebecca L. Gunter, MD; Jacob A. Greenberg, MD, EdM
JAMA Surg
Ramzi Amri, MD, PhD; Anne M. Dinaux, BSc; Hiroko Kunitake, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):686-690. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0505
This cohort study of patients treated surgically for colon cancer analyzes baseline and surgical factors to determine their association with the risk of surgical site infections.
Vincent X. Liu, MD, MS; Efren Rosas, MD; Judith Hwang, MD, MBA; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):e171032. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.1032
This study evaluates the outcomes of an enhanced recovery after surgery program in patients undergoing elective colorectal resection and patients undergoing emergency hip fracture repair.
Yuming Jiang, MD, PhD; Tuanjie Li, MD, PhD; Xiaoling Liang, MS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2017;152(7):e171087. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.1087
This study analyzes patient and tumor characteristics to create a model that can predict survival benefits from adjuvant chemotherapy among patients with stage II or stage III gastric cancer.