Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Hawa M. Ali, Stellina Y. H. Lee, Farizeh Jashek-Ahmed, Amina Seguya, Erynne Faucett, Jenna Van Beck, Emma Stapleton, Shazia Peer, Inna A. Husain, Joshua Wiedermann, Valerie Salano
Summary: This study explores the impact of female sex on the experiences of trainees and surgeons in otolaryngology from low- and high-income countries. The results show that women in both low- and high-income countries have similar experiences in dealing with patients, working with ancillary staff, pregnancy-related issues, imposter syndrome, difficulties in job search, and unique barriers as consultants.
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Daniele Castellani, Claudia Mercader, Alba Sierra, Flavio L. Heldwein, Erica On-Ting Chan, Marcelo L. Wroclawski, Fabio Sepulveda, Giovanni E. Cacciammani, Juan Gomez Rivas, Declan G. Murphy, Inge M. van Oort, Stacy Loeb, Maria J. Ribal
Summary: Manels are prevalent in urological meetings, with a high proportion of male faculty members, indicating significant gender imbalance. Nonmanel sessions have more chairpersons, speakers, and faculty members than manel sessions.
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Surgery
Allison M. Ammann, Aaron M. Delman, Mridula Bethi, Kevin M. Turner, Ahmad R. Sedaghat, Tammy M. Holm
Summary: Gender differences exist in academic productivity and faculty appointments among endocrine surgeons in the United States.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Pamela W. Lu, Rachel B. Atkinson, Eva Rouanet, Nancy L. Cho, Nelya Melnitchouk, Lindsay E. Kuo
Summary: The study found that the proportion of women in speaking roles at surgical society meetings has increased, although men still dominate overall.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Kimberly A. Shemanski, Li Ding, Anthony W. Kim, Shanda H. Blackmon, Sean C. Wightman, Scott M. Atay, Vaughn A. Starnes, Elizabeth A. David
Summary: Women are underrepresented in leadership positions at cardiothoracic surgery organizational meetings, particularly in specific specialty topic sessions. This imbalance may have implications for female surgeons' career development and highlights the need to address potential unconscious bias in leadership roles.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
SangMin Kim, Sun Kim, Sue X. Wang, Ruhi Kanwar, Darren S. Bryan, Raphael Bueno, M. Blair Marshall
Summary: According to the 2019 workforce report by the STS Thoracic Surgery Practice and Access Task Force, there are gender-based differences in the income of cardiothoracic surgeons in the United States. This study analyzed the 2019 Medicare payment data and found a gender-based payment gap among cardiothoracic surgeons.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Adeeti Aggarwal, Claire B. Rosen, Ariel Nehemiah, Ivy Maina, Rachel R. Kelz, Cary B. Aarons, Sanford E. Roberts
Summary: There is a striking lack of minority women in surgery. With increasing professional rank, the representation of Black women decreases. Minority women in the field of surgery face the unique challenge of being a minority in both race and sex.
Article
Surgery
Megan E. Lombardi, Jonathan R. Smith, Colby S. Ruiz, Deanna M. Caruso, Chris B. Agala, Katharine L. Mcginigle, Mark A. Farber, Jacob E. Wood, William A. Marston, Ezequiel Parodi, Luigi Pascarella
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of gender differences on outcomes in patients undergoing open surgical intervention for aortoiliac occlusive disease. The study found that although there was no difference in mortality between males and females at 30 days postoperatively, females had a significantly higher mortality rate at 1 year. Male patients were also more likely to have a decline in renal function after their procedures when compared with females.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Social
Sophie Trawalter, Jennifer Doleac, Lindsay Palmer, Kelly Hoffman, Adrienne Carter-Sowell
Summary: This study found that women in academia are more concerned about their safety than men, which can impact their choice of work hours and locations.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Political Science
Nam Kyu Kim
Summary: This article explores the impact of women's descriptive representation on legal gender equality of economic opportunity. It finds that an increase in the proportion of female legislators and ministers leads to improvements in legal gender equality. Furthermore, the institutional context of a country significantly influences the influence of women in different positions of power on legal gender equality.
EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Harman K. Rahal, James H. Tabibian, Rachel B. Issaka, Sandra Quezada, Darrell M. Gray, Sophie Balzora, Liu Yang, Jayraan Badiee, Folasade P. May
Summary: This survey assessed the perspectives of GI and hepatology professionals in the US on racial and ethnic workforce diversity and healthcare disparities. The findings revealed insufficient representation of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups and suggested interventions to increase career mentorship and medical student opportunities, as well as provide leadership roles for underrepresented groups.
Article
Surgery
Lisa A. Bevilacqua, Nicholas M. Siena, Christopher A. Gardner, Talar Tatarian, Amin Madani, Maria S. Altieri
Summary: Despite some improvement in certain subspecialties, women remain under-represented in leadership positions at high-impact surgical journals as a whole.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Savannah Gelhard, Liam O'Brien, Sydney Vincenti, Douglas R. Smego, Reilly Hobbs, Thomas K. Varghese Jr, Craig H. Selzman, Sara J. Pereira
Summary: There has been minimal positive progress in gender and diversity representation in surgical subspecialties overall in recent years. Continued advocacy through mentorship and scholarship programs is recommended to achieve greater gender and diversity representation in general surgery and surgical subspecialties.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Janani Ramachandran, Stephanie L. Mayne, Mary Kate Kelly, Maura Powell, Katie E. Mcpeak, George Dalembert, Brian P. Jenssen, Alexander G. Fiks
Summary: The study found that neighborhood conditions have a significant impact on child health outcomes. By using electronic health records, the researchers examined the association between the Childhood Opportunity Index (COI) and various health metrics in pediatric primary care. The findings highlight the importance of understanding these associations in order to identify communities in need of additional support and promote child well-being.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Samantha I. Martin, Michelle L. Cardel, Tiffany O. Carson, James Hill, Takara Stanley, Steven Grinspoon, Felicia T. Steger, Loneke Blackman Carr, Maxine Ashby-Thompson, Delisha Stewart, Jamy Ard
Summary: Research shows that having a diverse faculty improves outcomes in higher education, but minority groups are underrepresented in academia. The Nutrition Obesity Research Centers hosted workshops to identify barriers and facilitators for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and provided recommendations to improve diversity in obesity and nutrition research.
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)