http://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/10727515 Content from the latest issue of Journal of the American College of Surgeons. en-us Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:29:03 GMT 2022-01-06T14:29:03Z en-us http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021414 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 794-809.e8 | Sotto, Kenji T., BA; Burian, Barbara K., PhD; Brindle, Mary E., MD<br/>BackgroundThe aim of this study was to identify what parts of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) are working, what can be done to make it more effective, and to determine if it achieved its intended effect relative t... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021414 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019669 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 730-739.e9 | Korrel, Maarten, BSc; Roelofs, Anne, MD; van Hilst, Jony, MD, PhD;...<br/>BackgroundMinimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) shortens time to functional recovery and improves 30-day quality of life (QoL), as compared with open distal pancreatectomy (ODP) for nonmalignant disease. The impact of MIDP on QoL, cosmet... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019669 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021438 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 776-793.e16 | Metzger, Gregory A., MD; Asti, Lindsey, PhD; Quinn, John P., BS;...<br/>BackgroundLow-income young adults disproportionately experience traumatic injury and poor trauma outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, in its first 4 years, on trauma care and outcomes ... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021438 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521022110 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages A17-A18<br/>The reputation of the Journal depends on the contributions of authors. But the standard of the Journal, the level of excellence, is also a consequence of the efforts of expert reviewers who evaluate submitted manuscripts and determine their approp... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521022110 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152101961X Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 739-741 | Leigh, Natasha, MD; Hammill, Chet W, MD, FACS<br/>Despite promising postoperative outcomes after complex laparoscopic operation, such as colectomy, skepticism exists regarding minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP). This is due to the elevated risk from anatomic location, vascular proxim... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152101961X http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152102144X Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 809-810 | Kelz, Rachel R., MD, FACS; Tong, Jason, MD<br/>Over the past 20 years, the medical community has been forced to invest in quality assurance programs. Surgery, in particular, has worked to develop a workforce educated in quality improvement methods and to formalize existing efforts in quality a... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152102144X http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019517 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 676-684 | Hassan, Abbas M., MD; Asaad, Malke, MD; Seitz, Allison J., BS;...<br/>BackgroundPatients with contaminated/dirty-infected defects are at high risk for postoperative complications after abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). We evaluated outcomes of AWR using acellular dermal matrix (ADM) for mesh reinforcement and ide... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019517 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019773 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 686-696 | Yamaguchi, Shun, MD; Soyama, Akihiko, MD, PhD, FACS; Ono, Shinichiro, MD, PhD;...<br/>BackgroundRetained surgical items are a serious human error. Surgical sponges account for 70% of retained surgical items. To prevent retained surgical sponges, it is important to establish a system that can identify errors and avoid the occurrence... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019773 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019761 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 753-762 | Ishida, Jun, MD, PhD; Toyama, Hirochika, MD, PhD; Matsumoto, Ippei, MD, PhD;...<br/>BackgroundEffects of pancreatectomy on glucose tolerance have not been clarified, and evidence regarding the difference in postoperative glucose tolerance between pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and distal pancreatectomy (DP) is lacking. Study design... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019761 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152101958X Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 813-814 | Perry, Lauren M., MD; Bold, Richard J., MD, MBA, FACS<br/>The recent Journal of the American College of Surgeons article by Rosemurgy and colleagues entitled, “Cost Analysis of Pancreaticoduodenectomy at a High-Volume Robotic Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery Program,” tackles the difficult issue of evalu... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152101958X http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019591 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 814-815 | Rosemurgy, Alexander S., MD, FACS<br/>I would like to thank Drs Bold and Perry for their letter about our recent publication in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, “Cost Analysis of Pancreaticoduodenectomy at a High-Volume Robotic Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery Program.... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019591 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021451 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 816-816<br/>The article, “Incidence and Cause of Potentially Preventable Death after Civilian Public Mass Shooting in the US,” which appeared in the September 2019 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 229, Issue 3, pages 244-251, i... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021451 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152102175X Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages A13-A13<br/>(no summary available) http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S107275152102175X http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019293 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 657-664 | Alqahtani, Aayed R., MD, FRCSC; Elahmedi, Mohamed, MBBS; Abdurabu, Hanan Y., MBBS;...<br/>BackgroundTo date, there are insufficient data on long-term outcomes of weight loss surgery in children and adolescents with obesity beyond 5 years of follow-up. This study aimed to analyze durability of weight loss and comorbidity resolution, gro... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019293 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019244 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 698-708.e1 | Gogalniceanu, Petrut, MEd, PhD, FRCS; Kessaris, Nicos, MS, FRCS; Karydis, Nikolaos, PhD, FRCS;...<br/>BackgroundSurgical crises represent unrecognized opportunities for improving patient safety and adding value in healthcare. The first step in a crisis response is to contain and mitigate harm. While the principles of damage control are well establ... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019244 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021426 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 666-675.e2 | Burd, Randall S., MD, PhD, FACS; Jensen, Aaron R., MD, MEd, MS, FACS; VanBuren, John M., PhD;...<br/>BackgroundDisability and impaired health-related quality of life can persist for months among injured children. Previous studies of long-term outcomes have focused mainly on children with specific injury types rather than those with multiple injur... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021426 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019219 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 815-815 | Cleary, Patrick A., MD, PhD, FACS<br/>I wish to commend Dr Svetanoff and colleagues on their stellar publication, “Debunking the myth on surgical site infection,” which appeared in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, March 2021. The authors subsequently revisited this top... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019219 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019578 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 708-709 | Briggs, Susan Miller, MD, MPH, FACS<br/>Surgical simulation has evolved over the last decades and now plays an important role in surgical training efforts designed to foster the acquisition of new skills and knowledge outside of the clinical environment. Many factors have led to this fu... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019578 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019621 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 684-685 | Poulose, Benjamin K., MD, MPH, FACS<br/>The management of ventral hernia in the setting of contamination has persistently led to confusing recommendations involving different types of mesh. For surgeons performing abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR), the main goal is to provide a durabl... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019621 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021372 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 812-812 | Bellini, Maria Irene, MD, PhD, FEBS<br/>I read the recently published survey from Parini and colleagues addressing gender-related barriers for Italian women surgeons. Despite being the first study of this kind in Italy, it describes findings and proposes solutions that are not original,... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021372 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021748 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages A5-A10<br/>(no summary available) http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021748 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021402 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 811-811 | Faniyi, Lukman, BS<br/>Vivien Thomas was a Black man who is often known only for his contribution to the revolutionary Blalock-Taussig shunt used in “blue baby” operations. However, his contribution to the field of cardiac surgery goes beyond that. His fingerprints are ... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021402 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019797 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 696-697 | Kozower, Benjamin D., MD, MPH<br/>Retained surgical items (RSIs) continue to be a serious quality problem facing our healthcare system. In fact, RSIs are the most common sentinel event reported to the Joint Commission. Root-cause analyses demonstrated that these sentinel events ar... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019797 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021384 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 812-813 | Parini, Sara, MD; Lucidi, Daniela, MD; Azzolina, Danila, PhD;...<br/>We carefully read the letter by Dr Bellini. Although women in the Western countries can experience similar gender-related barriers, the percentage of women reaching leadership positions is different from one European country to another, and this i... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021384 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019803 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 751-752 | Israel, Irene, MD; Margenthaler, Julie A., MD, FACS<br/>In 2019, approximately 6% of the estimated 268,600 women in the US with newly diagnosed breast cancer had metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Historically, systemic therapy has been the primary treatment option for patients with metastati... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019803 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019608 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 664-665 | Sudlow, Alexis C., MD; le Roux, Carel W., PhD<br/>The efficacy and safety of bariatric surgery as a treatment for adult obesity and related complications, particularly type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is well established, with evidence from more than 13 randomized controlled trials demonstrating ... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019608 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021396 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 762-763 | Kawai, Manabu, MD, PhD<br/>There are 2 issues to resolve regarding glucose tolerance after pancreatectomy; the mechanism of occurrence of new-onset diabetes after pancreatectomy and the difference in postoperative glucose tolerance between pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and d... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521021396 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019220 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 722-729 | Stain, Steven C., MD, FACS; Matthews, Jeffrey B., MD, FACS; Ata, Ashar, MBBS, MPH, PhD;...<br/>BackgroundProgram directors use US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) scores as criteria for ranking applicants. First-time pass rates of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Qualifying (QE) and Certifying (CE) Examinations have become important measur... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019220 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019633 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 742-751.e5 | Soran, Atilla, MD, MPH, FNCBC, FACS; Ozmen, Vahit, MD, FACS; Ozbas, Serdar, MD;...<br/>BackgroundThe aim of this randomized clinical trial was to evaluate the overall survival (OS) data of patients diagnosed with de novo stage IV breast cancer (BC) who received locoregional treatment (LRT) over a 10-year follow-up. Study DesignThe M... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019633 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019785 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 710-721 | Kushner, Bradley S., MD; Hall, Bruce, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS; Pierce, Andrew, MHSA;...<br/>BackgroundAs operating room (OR) expenditures increase, faculty and surgical trainees will play a key role in curbing future costs. However, supply cost utilization varies widely among providers and, despite requirements for cost education during ... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019785 http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019256 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 233, Issue 6, 2021 Dec, Pages 764-775.e1 | Wilson, Spencer, MD, MSc; Sutherland, Evan, BS; Razak, Alina, MD;...<br/>BackgroundOlder patients with frailty syndrome have a greater risk of poor postoperative outcomes. In this study, we used a RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) framework to implement an assessment tool to ident... http://www.clinicalkey.com/playContent/1-s2.0-S1072751521019256