Article
Pediatrics
Hallie J. Quiroz, Samantha F. Valencia, Brent A. Willobee, Anthony R. Ferrantella, Emily L. Ryon, Chad M. Thorson, Juan E. Sola, Eduardo A. Perez
Summary: This study investigated the postoperative outcomes and readmissions in pediatric cholecystectomy with routine IOC utilization, finding that patients who underwent CCY with routine IOC had lower rates of readmissions, complications, and bile duct injuries compared to those with CCY alone. There was also increased resource utilization in CCY patients, likely due to higher complication rates.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Maria S. Altieri, Jie Yang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Chencan Zhu, Amin Madani, Jed Castillo, Mark Talamini, Aurora Pryor
Summary: The study investigated the rate and causes of readmissions following laparoscopic cholecystectomy using a large longitudinal database in New York. The overall 30-day readmission rate was 4.94% with 4.58% being unplanned readmissions. Factors such as age, insurance status, race, comorbidities, complications, and length of stay were associated with unplanned readmissions.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Brandon K. Chu, Bipul Gnyawali, Jordan M. Cloyd, Phil A. Hart, Georgios I. Papachristou, Luis F. Lara, Jeffrey R. Groce, Alice Hinton, Darwin L. Conwell, Somashekar G. Krishna
Summary: This study investigated reasons for early readmissions within 30 days after same-admission cholecystectomy for mild acute biliary pancreatitis. The study identified potentially modifiable risk factors and causes for early readmission, highlighting opportunities to improve clinical care for these patients.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Arturo J. Rios-Diaz, Ryan Lamm, David Metcalfe, Courtney L. Devin, Michael J. Pucci, Francesco Palazzo
Summary: In the USA, most patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis do not undergo cholecystectomy during the same hospitalization. This approach leads to higher recurrence of pancreatitis, increased mortality during readmission, and an additional $4.85 million/year in hospital costs nationwide.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Jemma Mytton, Prita Daliya, Pritam Singh, Simon L. Parsons, Dileep N. Lobo, Richard Lilford, Ravinder S. Vohra
Summary: Over 50% of patients in England did not undergo cholecystectomy following index admission for acute cholecystitis. Mortality was higher in the nonoperated group, which was mostly due to non-gallbladder pathologies but total hospital admission time for biliary causes was lower over 12 months.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Charlotte M. Rajasingh, Laurence C. Baker, Sherry M. Wren
Summary: In 2018, Medicare removed total knee arthroplasty from the list of inpatient-only procedures, resulting in a new pool of patients eligible for outpatient total knee arthroplasty. This study compared the characteristics of patients undergoing outpatient knee arthroplasty at hospital-owned surgery centers (HOSCs) vs freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (FASCs) in 2017 and 2018.
Article
Surgery
Lucile Picard, Baptiste Duceau, Amelie Cambriel, Thibault Voron, Sarah Makoudi, Amy S. Tsai, Lassaad Yazid, Anne Soulier, Charles Paugam, Thomas Lescot, Francis Bonnet, Franck Verdonk
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between anaesthetic factors and discharge time in ambulatory cholecystectomy. The results showed that the dose-weight of ketamine and sufentanil, as well as the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, were associated with prolonged discharge time.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Kajetan Latka, Waldemar Kolodziej, Kacper Domisiewicz, Dawid Pawus, Tomasz Olbrycht, Marcin Niedzwiecki, Artur Zaczynski, Dariusz Latka
Summary: This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of spine procedures performed in an ambulatory spine surgery unit in Poland. The findings indicated that outpatient techniques were safe and effective, improving patients' symptoms in the short and long term.
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Mausumi N. Syamal, Hope Kincaid, Alison Sutter
Summary: This study aimed to explore readmissions after microlaryngeal surgery and hypothesized that airway surgical procedures would have higher rates of readmission. A retrospective review of outpatient microlaryngeal surgeries between May 1, 2018 and November 27, 2022 was conducted. Factors such as patient demographics, comorbidities, surgical techniques, and operative times were examined and compared to identify potential risk factors for readmission.
LARYNGOSCOPE INVESTIGATIVE OTOLARYNGOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Surgery
Izaskun Balciscueta, Ferran Barbera, Javier Lorenzo, Susana Martinez, Maria Sebastian, Zutoia Balciscueta
Summary: This study identified predictive factors of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy failure through a systematic review and meta-analysis, including age, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, history of complicated biliary pathology, gallbladder wall thickness, operative time, and surgery start time.
Article
Surgery
Caroline Polito, Xiaoyue Zhang, Jie Yang, Konstantinos Spaniolas, Aurora Pryor, Samer Sbayi
Summary: This study aims to identify the optimal timing between a percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) and cholecystectomy to reduce poor surgical outcomes. The study found that performing a cholecystectomy more than 14 days after a PC is associated with better surgical outcomes.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Andrea L. Pusic, Larissa K. Temple, Jeanne Carter, Cara M. Stabile, Melissa J. Assel, Andrew J. Vickers, Kate Niehaus, Jessica S. Ancker, Taylor McCready, Peter D. Stetson, Brett A. Simon
Summary: The study found that providing patients with feedback on symptom severity during recovery reduces anxiety and nursing workload without affecting urgent care center visits or readmissions. This suggests that incorporating normative feedback in routine patient-reported outcome monitoring systems can be beneficial.
Article
Orthopedics
Kevin Y. Y. Wang, Varun Puvanesarajah, Majd Marrache, James R. R. Ficke, Joseph F. F. Levy, Amit Jain
Summary: From 2013 to 2018, there was an increase in ASC utilization for common outpatient orthopaedic surgeries. ASCs were overall less costly than HOPDs for outpatient orthopaedic surgeries.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Andrew Barnes, Marina Nunez
Summary: The study evaluated unplanned readmissions of patients undergoing Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and identified diabetic foot infection, selected comorbidities, and discharge on opioids as independent risk factors for readmission. Focus on these high-risk groups is a priority to reduce readmissions among OPAT patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Zachary K. Pharr, Carson M. Rider, Jack W. Bell, James H. Wilde, Timothy J. Westbrooks, Patrick C. Toy
Summary: This study compared 90-day complications between the direct anterior approach (DAA) and posterior approach (PA) for total hip arthroplasty (THA) in the outpatient setting, finding no differences in safety outcomes and overall few complications within the 90-day period for both approaches.
JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Surgery
Meghal Shah, Tejas S. Sathe, Sukriti Bansal, Anai N. Kothari, Sophie Dream
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Letter
Surgery
Zafer Turkyilmaz, Ramazan Karabulut, Kaan Sonmez
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Letter
Surgery
Priyanka Jadhav, Gerald Gollin
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Review
Surgery
Kheira Hireche, Ludovic Canaud, Pierre Antoine Peyron, Linda Sakhri, Isabelle Serres, Sanaa Kamel, Youcef Lounes, Thomas Gandet, Pierre Alric
Summary: This study evaluated the elastic properties of commonly used vascular substitutes for pulmonary artery replacement and compared their compliance and stiffness indexes to human pulmonary artery. The results showed that allogenic arterial grafts appeared to be the most suitable vascular substitutes in terms of compliance and stiffness for PA replacement.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Margaret Siu, Aixa Perez Coulter, Heather M. Grant, Reginald Alouidor, Michael Tirabassi
Summary: There is no significant difference in adverse respiratory events between intubated, critically ill patients requiring operative intervention who are kept NPO for 6 hours or longer compared to those kept NPO for less than 6 hours. Patients commonly experience periods of fasting much longer than the recommended 6-hour period by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Whitney Elks, Allison G. McNickle, Matthew Kelecy, Kavita Batra, Shirley Wong, Shawn Wang, Lisa Angotti, Deborah A. Kuhls, Charles St Hill, Syed F. Saquib, Paul J. Chestovich, Douglas R. Fraser
Summary: This study aimed to compare the effects of early and late enteral feeding after PEG placement on achieving nutritional therapy goals and adverse outcomes. The results showed that patients with early initiation of feeds achieved a higher percentage of goals on day 0 without an increased rate of adverse events.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Manisha B. Bhatia, Cassandra M. Anderson, Abdiwahab N. Hussein, Brian Opondo, Nereah Aruwa, Otieno Okumu, Sarah G. Fisher, Tasha Sparks Joplin, JoAnna L. Hunter-Squires, Brian W. Gray, Peter W. Saula
Summary: This study aimed to understand postoperative pediatric nutrition practices in Kenya and the United States. The results showed that in the United States, patients initiated enteral nutrition earlier and had shorter hospital stays. However, in Kenya, patients initiated enteral nutrition earlier but had no significant difference in hospital stays.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
David P. Stonko, Joseph Edwards, Hossam Abdou, Rebecca Treffalls, Patrick Walker, Jonathan J. Morrison
Summary: Raising mean arterial pressure (MAP) >90 mmHg with norepinephrine can increase gastroduodenal artery (GDA) flow and delay bowel ischemia.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
David R. Mann, Kathryn E. Engelhardt, Barry C. Gibney, Macelyn E. Batten, Eric C. Klipsch, Rupak Mukherjee, Ian C. Bostock
Summary: Pathologic upstaging is associated with decreased overall survival in cT1b esophageal cancer. Esophagectomy has better survival outcomes compared to endoscopic local tumor excision. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy does not improve overall survival in cT1b lesions.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Ross Mudgway, Zachary Tran, Juan C. Quispe Espiritu, Woo Bin Bong, Hayden Schultz, Vamsi Vemireddy, Aarthy Kannappan, Marcos Michelotti, Kaushik Mukherjee, Jeffrey Quigley, Keith Scharf, Daniel Srikureja, Sharon S. Lum, Esther Wu
Summary: Comparison of medium-term outcomes between robotic-assisted cholecystectomy (RC) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) using validated quality of life (QoL) and pain assessments did not show significant differences.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Ningjie Chen, Haitao Wang, Yang Shao, Jincun Yang, Guodong Song
Summary: This study aimed to compare the therapeutic effects of activated platelet-rich plasma (PRP) prepared from elderly individuals and young adults in treating pressure ulcers (PUs). The results showed that PRP from young adults had higher platelet concentrations and greater production of growth factors, leading to better wound healing.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Brendin R. Beaulieu-Jones, Margaret T. Berrigan, Kortney A. Robinson, Jayson S. Marwaha, Tara S. Kent, Gabriel A. Brat
Summary: Introduction: Prescription opioids, including those prescribed after surgery, have greatly contributed to the US opioid epidemic. Educating opioid prescribers is a crucial component of ensuring the safe use of opioids among surgical patients. This study implemented an annual education curriculum for new surgical prescribers, resulting in significant improvements in knowledge and comfort levels. However, there remains a persistent knowledge and comfort gap among these prescribers.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Sneha G. Bhat, Madhuri Nagaraj, Courtney Balentine, Timothy Hogan, Jennie Meier, Hillary Prince, Kareem Abdelfattah, Herbert Zeh, Benjamin Levi
Summary: This pilot study examined the effects of a structured mental fitness program on academic surgeons and found significant improvement in Positive Intelligence (PQ) scores, as well as increased connectedness and shared language among participants. However, there were no significant changes in sleep, well-being, or teaching evaluations.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Kristin E. Cox, Michael A. Turner, Siamak Amirfakhri, Thinzar M. Lavin, Mojgan Hosseini, Pradipta Ghosh, Marygorret Obonyo, Takashi Murakami, Robert M. Hoffman, Paul J. Yazaki, Michael Bouvet
Summary: This study demonstrates the potential of using humanized anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) antibodies conjugated with near-infrared dyes to specifically label gastric cancers in mouse models. Orthotopic models showed bright and specific labeling with more than ten times higher tumor-to-background ratios compared to the control. This tumor-specific fluorescent antibody has promising potential as a clinical tool for improving visualization of gastric cancer margins during surgical resection.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Review
Surgery
Sarah Maki, Melissa Leon, Emily Glenn, Tiffany Tanner, Crystal Krause
Summary: This scoping review analyzed the literature on the use of broadband personality tests in the bariatric surgical population to optimize weight loss outcomes. The study found significant associations between personality scales and weight loss, but inconsistent reporting of outcome measures made it challenging to draw concrete conclusions. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery recommends standardization of outcome reporting to improve the reliability of predicting weight loss outcomes.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)