Ziyu Li, MD; Fei Shan, MD; Xiangji Ying, MPH, MS; et al.
open access
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):1093-1101. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3473
This randomized clinical trial examines the safety and advantages of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy over the traditional open gastrectomy and following chemotherapy for adults with gastric adenocarcinoma.
Christine E. Haugen, MD, PhD; Mara McAdams-DeMarco, PhD; Elizabeth C. Verna, MD, MS; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):1103-1109. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2845
This cohort study evaluates whether the association between wait-list mortality and frailty varies by body mass index of liver transplant candidates.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
John M. McClellan, MD; Neel Mansukhani, MD; Donald Moe, MD; et al.
free access
has audio
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):1110-1116. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3140
This survey study assesses the practices related to courtesy authorship in surgical journals and academia.
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Podcast:
Courtesy Authorship in Academic Surgery Publications
Tobias Gauss, MD; François-Xavier Ageron, MD, PhD; Marie-Laure Devaud, MD; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):1117-1124. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3475
This cohort study assesses the association of total prehospital time and in-hospital mortality in 2 prehospital, physician-staffed emergency medical systems in urban and rural France.
Alexandre Caron, MD; Nicolas Depas, MD; Emmanuel Chazard, MD; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):1126-1132. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3742
This case-crossover study uses data from a French national inpatient database to evaluate the late postoperative risk of pulmonary embolism in cancer-free patients aged 45 to 64 years.
Fahima Dossa, MD; Andrea N. Simpson, MD, MSc; Rinku Sutradhar, PhD; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):1134-1142. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3769
This cross-sectional study examines whether male and female surgeons in Ontario, Canada, earn significantly different wages per hour spent operating in a fee-for-service system.
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Invited Commentary
Procedure Mix鈥擳he Path to Pay Equity
Lindsay E. Kuo, MD, MBA; Rachel R. Kelz, MD, MSCE, MBA
JAMA Surg
Chandima Divithotawela, MD; Marcelo Cypel, MD; Tereza Martinu, MD; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):1143-1150. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.4079
This cohort study assesses the long-term outcomes of transplant recipients of donor lungs treated with ex vivo lung perfusion.
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Invited Commentary
Expanding the Lung Donor Pool and Improving Outcomes: Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
Stephen Chiu, MD; Sara E. A. Mills, MD; Ankit Bharat, MD
JAMA Surg
Valerie A. Smith, DrPH; David E. Arterburn, MD, MPH; Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, MS; et al.
free access
online only
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):e193732. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3732
This cohort study of 9954 US veterans with severe obesity compared the health care expenditures of veterans who did and did not undergo bariatric surgery over a 10-year period to assess whether bariatric surgery was associated with long-term expenditures.
Deepika Mohan, MD, MPH; David J. Wallace, MD, MPH; Samantha J. Kerti, MS; et al.
free access
online only
JAMA Surg. 2019;154(12):e193944. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3944
This cohort study examines whether variation in the quality of interfacility triage is associated with the facility or the treating practitioner