Jane M. Armer, PhD, RN, CLT; Karla V. Ballman, PhD; Linda McCall, MS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):800-809. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1742
This cohort study examines factors associated with lymphedema after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and axillary lymph node dissection in women with node-positive breast cancer.
Fuad F. Elkhoury, MD; Ely R. Felker, MD; Lorna Kwan, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):811-818. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1734
This paired cohort study seeks to determine the cancer detection rate of biopsy methods targeting magnetic resonance imaging鈥搗isible lesions vs systematic prostate sampling in the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer in men who were biopsy naive.
Charles H. Brown IV, MD, MHS; Karin J. Neufeld, MD, MPH; Jing Tian, MS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):819-826. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1163
This nested randomized clinical trial compares the incidence of postsurgical delirium in older patients whose mean cerebral perfusion was optimized with those who received usual care during cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgery.
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Invited Commentary
Cerebral Perfusion Goals During Cardiopulmonary Bypass鈥擳he Goldilocks Effect
Laura Seese, MD; Arman Kilic, MD; Danny Chu, MD
JAMA Surg
William O. Cooper, MD, MPH; David A. Spain, MD; Oscar Guillamondegui, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):828-834. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1738
This cohort study assesses the association between surgeons with higher numbers of reports from coworkers about unprofessional behaviors and the risk for postoperative complications in their patients.
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Coworker Reports of Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons and Surgical Complications in Their Patients
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Unprofessional Behavior Leads to Complications
Therese S. Richmond, PhD, CRNP; Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD; Patrick M. Reilly, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):836-843. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1622
This cohort study of black men who were hospitalized with serious injuries assesses how risk and protective factors from childhood and adulthood contribute to depression and posttraumatic stress symptom severity 3 months after discharge.
Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS; Peiqi Wang, MD, MPH; Amber Kernodle, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):844-851. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1736
This study uses Medicare claims data to explore contemporary practice patterns and physician characteristics associated with high rates of use of arteriovenous grafting compared with arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis access.
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Invited Commentary
Refining How We Identify High-Value Surgical Care
Misty D. Humphries, MD
JAMA Surg
Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH; Michael Ohene-Yeboah, MBChB, FWACS; Stephen Tabiri, MD, FACS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):853-859. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1744
This cohort study compares the outcomes associated with inguinal hernia repair performed by medical doctors vs surgeons in Ghana.
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Invited Commentary
Task Shifting in Surgery鈥擶hat US Health Care Can Learn From Ghana
Sherry M. Wren, MD; Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH
JAMA Surg
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Sahil Gambhir, MD; Shaun Daly, MD; Areg Grigorian, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):861-866. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2327
This study examines 1 year of administrative, clinical, and financial data from US hospitals ranked in the top 50 for gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgical procedures by US News & World Report and compares their abdominal operations outcomes with those of hospitals not included on the list.
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Invited Commentary
The Relevance of Hospital Rankings in the Laparoscopic Era
Samer G. Mattar, MBBCh, FRCS
JAMA Surg
Atsushi Ogura, MD; Tsuyoshi Konishi, PhD; Geerard L. Beets, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):e192172. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2172
This cohort study investigates the factors on primary and restaging magnetic resonance imaging that are associated with lateral local recurrence in low rectal cancer after chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy and to formulate specific guidelines on which patients might benefit from a lateral lymph node dissection.
Craig D. Newgard, MD, MPH; Aaron Caughey, MD, PhD; K. John McConnell, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2019;154(9):e192279. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2279
This cohort study evaluates patient characteristics, injury patterns, surgical interventions, mortality, and causes of death up to 1 year after the index event among injured older adults who were included in compared with those who were excluded from trauma registries.
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Invited Commentary
The True Outcomes of Geriatric Trauma鈥擨f We Do Not Count Them, We Will Never Know
Vanessa P. Ho, MD, MPH; Lisa Reider, PhD; Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD
JAMA Surg