Falk G. Bechara, MD; Maurizio Podda, MD; Errol P. Prens, MD, PhD; et al.
open access
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):1001-1009. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3655
This randomized clinical trial assesses the efficacy and safety of adalimumab in conjunction with surgery in adults with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa.
Ravikiran S. Karnam, MD; Shiyi Chen, MSc; Wei Xu, PhD; et al.
free access
has audio
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):1010-1017. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3586
This cohort study compares availability of living liver donation in men and women on the transplant waiting list.
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Podcast:
Sex Disparity in Liver Transplant and Access to Living Donation
Jacqueline N. Byrd, MD, MPH; Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS
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JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):1018-1024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3746
This cohort study evaluates the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System scoring of surgeons caring for patients at high social risk to assess whether this implementation is associated with patient access to surgical care.
Kayleigh M. Herrick-Reynolds, MD; Gopika Punchhi, BS; Ross S. Greenberg, BS; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):1026-1034. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3748
This cohort study examines the association between alcohol abstinence and posttransplant survival in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease.
Richard C. Maduka, MD; Michael Broderick, MD; Erin M. White, MD; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):1036-1041. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3752
This study assesses the frequency and quality of race reporting among publications from high-ranking broad-focused surgical research journals.
Gregory T. Kennedy, MD; Feredun S. Azari, MD; Elizabeth Bernstein, BA; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):1043-1050. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3757
This observational study assesses the capability of intraoperative molecular imaging to localize visually occult, nonpalpable tumors and quantify margin distances during resection.
Anji E. Wall, MD, PhD; Briget da Graca, JD, MS; Sumeet K. Asrani, MD, MSc; et al.
free access
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):1051-1057. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.4406
This single-center study evaluates whether the costs associated with liver acquisition changed after the implementation of acuity circles allocation.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Catherine Y. Zhu, MD; Max A. Schumm, MD; Theodore X. Hu, MPhil; et al.
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online only
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):e214287. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.4287
This randomized clinical trial compares the use of postoperative narcotics between patients who can select whether they want opioids prescribed after cervical endocrine surgery and those who receive standard postoperative prescription of opioids.
Anthony T. Nguyen, MD, PhD; Michael Luu, MPH; Vina P. Nguyen, MD, MS; et al.
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online only
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(11):e214298. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.4298
This cohort study assesses a modified nodal classification system for cutaneous melanoma and validates the modified system using overall and cause-specific mortality data from an independent registry.