Dörthe Seidel; Stephan Diedrich, Dr med; Florian Herrle, PD, Dr med, MSc; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2020;155(6):469-478. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0414
This randomized clinical trial evaluate the effectiveness and safety of negative pressure wound therapy for subcutaneous abdominal wound healing impairment after surgery in clinical practice.
Kara A. Vande Walle, MD, MS; Sudha R. Pavuluri Quamme, MD, MS; Glen E. Leverson, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2020;155(6):480-485. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0234
This cohort study analyzes 2 statewide peer surgical coaching programs to identify a quantitative measure to determine who will be an effective surgical coach.
Kara A. Vande Walle, MD, MS; Sudha R. Pavuluri Quamme, MD, MS; Heather L. Beasley, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2020;155(6):486-492. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0424
This diagnostic study describes the development and initial use of the Wisconsin Surgical Coaching Rubric, a tool to evaluate the quality of peer surgical coaches during individual coaching sessions.
Christopher P. Childers, MD, PhD; Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD, MSHS
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JAMA Surg. 2020;155(6):493-501. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0422
This cross-sectional study assesses how compensation rates built into work relative value units contribute to differences in physician compensation across specialties.
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Assessment of the Contribution of the Work Relative Value Unit Scale to Differences in Physician Compensation
Samuel W. Ross, MD, MPH; Kali M. Kuhlenschmidt, MD; John C. Kubasiak, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2020;155(6):503-511. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0433
This cohort study investigates whether emergency case status is independently associated with venous thromboembolism compared with elective case status and tests the hypothesis that emergency cases would have a higher risk of venous thromboembolism.
Alessandro Gronchi, MD; Sylvie Bonvalot, MD, PhD; Andres Poveda Velasco, MD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2020;155(6):e200397. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0397
This cohort substudy of a randomized clinical trial assesses the risk of death for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors with and without imatinib according to resection margin level using data from a randomized study on adjuvant imatinib.
Katherine M. Reitz, MD; Oscar C. Marroquin, MD; Mazen S. Zenati, MD, MPH, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2020;155(6):e200416. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0416
This cohort study describes the mortality and readmission outcomes of prescribing metformin beyond its use to control blood glucose levels in adults with type 2 diabetes.