
Volume 171, Issue 2, 2022-2-1, Pages OFC-e8 (February)
Articles in this issue:
1. Cover 1(with editorial board)
2. Information for readers
3. Contents
4. Information for authors
5. Rethinking the routine: Preoperative laboratory testing among American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1 and 2 patients before low-risk ambulatory surgery in the 2017 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program cohort
- Pages 267-274.
- Taylor, George A., MD, MS, Oresanya, Lawrence B., MD, Kling, Sarah M., MD, Saxena, Vishal, MD, Mutter, Olga, MD, Raman, Swathi, BA, MPH, Cho, Eric Y., MD, Deitrick, Paul, DMD, FACS, Philp, Matthew M., MD, FACS, Sanserino, Kathryne, MD, and Kuo, Lindsay E., MD, MBA, FACS.
- PDF
6. What is “routine” anyway?
- Pages 275-275.
- Alam, Hasan B., MD, FACS.
- PDF
7. A nationwide analysis of gallbladder surgery in England between 2000 and 2019
- Pages 276-284.
- Lunevicius, Raimundas, MD, PhD, DSc, Nzenwa, Ikemsinachi C., MSc, and Mesri, Mina, MBChB, MSc.
- PDF
8. Invited commentary for a nationwide analysis of gallbladder surgery in England between 2000 and 2019
- Pages 285-286.
- Bonds, Morgan, MD.
- PDF
9. Indications, functional and quality of life outcomes of new pouch creation during re-do ileal pouch anal anastomosis: A comparative study with existing pouch salvage
- Pages 287-292.
- Esen, Eren, MD, Kirat, Hasan T., MD, Erkan, Arman, MD, Aytac, Erman, MD, Esterow, Joanna, PA-C, Kani, H. Tarik, MD, Grieco, Michael J., MD, Chang, Shannon, MD, and Remzi, Feza H., MD.
- PDF
10. Defining a minimum hospital volume threshold for minimally invasive colon cancer resections
- Pages 293-298.
- Bader, Nicholas A., BS, BA, Sweeney, Matthew, MS, Zeymo, Alexander, MS, Villano, Anthony M., MD, Houlihan, Brenna, MD, Bayasi, Mohammed, MD, Al-Refaie, Waddah B., MD, FACS, and Chan, Kitty S., PhD.
- PDF
11. Risk factors for failure of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with refractory ulcerative colitis
- Pages 299-304.
- Frese, Jan P., MD, Gröne, Jörn, MD, Lauscher, Johannes C., MD, Konietschke, Frank, PhD, Kreis, Martin E., MD, and Seifarth, Claudia, MD.
- PDF
12. Improved outcomes using laparoscopy for emergency colectomy after mitigating bias by negative control exposure analysis
- Pages 305-311.
- Linderman, George C., PhD, Lin, Winston, PhD, Sanghvi, Mansi R., MBBS, Becher, Robert D., MD, MS, Maung, Adrian A., MD, FACS, Bhattacharya, Bishwajit, MD, FACS, Davis, Kimberly A., MD, MBA, FACS, and Schuster, Kevin M., MD, MPH, FACS.
- PDF
13. Markers of neutrophil activation and extracellular trap formation predict appendicitis
- Pages 312-319.
- Boettcher, Michael, MD, PhD, Schacker, Anna-Lisa, MD, Esser, Melina, Schönfeld, Lavinia, Ebenebe, Chinedu Ulrich, MD, Rohde, Holger, MD, PhD, Mokhaberi, Nariman, MD, Trochimiuk, Magdalena, Appl, Birgit, Raluy, Laia Pagerols, PhD, Reinshagen, Konrad, MD, PhD, Klohs, Stefan, MD, and Königs, Ingo, MD.
- PDF
14. The impact of operative approach on postoperative outcomes and healthcare utilization after colectomy
- Pages 320-327.
- Mlambo, Busisiwe, MD, Shih, I.-Fan, PhD, Li, Yanli, PhD, and Wren, Sherry M., MD.
- PDF
15. Observational versus antibiotic therapy for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: A non-inferiority meta-analysis based on a Delphi consensus
- Pages 328-335.
- Garfinkle, Richard, MD, MSc, Salama, Ebram, MD, Amar-Zifkin, Alexandre, MLIS, Morin, Nancy, MD, Ghitulescu, Gabriela, MD, Faria, Julio, MD, Vasilevsky, Carol-Ann, MD, and Boutros, Marylise, MD.
- PDF
16. Development and validation of a prediction score for safe outpatient colorectal resections
- Pages 336-341.
- Grass, Fabian, MD, Hübner, Martin, MD, Behm, Kevin T., MD, Mathis, Kellie L., MD, Hahnloser, Dieter, MD, Day, Courtney N., PhD, Harmsen, William S., PhD, Demartines, Nicolas, MD, and Larson, David W., MD, MBA.
- PDF
17. Writing an effective National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget: How to get the money for your science
- Pages 342-347.
- Fahrenholtz, Monica, PhD, Salvati, Daniel R., BS, Scott, Leanne B., PhD, Goldstein, Allan M., MD, and Keswani, Sundeep G., MD.
- PDF
18. Characterization of academic cardiothoracic surgeons who started as attendings in private or community practice
- Pages 348-353.
- Bajaj, Simar S., Wang, Hanjay, MD, Williams, Kiah M., MD, Krishnan, Aravind, MD, Heiler, Joseph C., MD, Pickering, Joshua M., BS, Manjunatha, Keerthi, O’Donnell, Christian T., MD, Sanchez, Mark, BS, and Boyd, Jack H., MD.
- PDF
19. Examining the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the operative volumes of US general surgery residents
- Pages 354-359.
- Ammann, Allison M., MD, Cortez, Alexander R., MD, Vaysburg, Dennis M., MD, Winer, Leah K., MD, Sussman, Jeffrey J., MD, Potts, John R., MD, Van Haren, Robert, MD, MSPH, and Quillin, Ralph C., MD.
- PDF
20. Abandoning node dissection for desmoplasia-negative encapsulated unifocal sporadic medullary thyroid cancer
- Pages 360-367.
- Machens, Andreas, MD, Kaatzsch, Peter, MD, Lorenz, Kerstin, MD, Horn, Lars-Christian, MD, Wickenhauser, Claudia, MD, Schmid, Kurt Werner, MD, Dralle, Henning, MD, and Siebolts, Udo, MD, PhD.
- PDF
21. Prognostic implications of extranodal extension in papillary thyroid carcinomas: A propensity score matching analysis and proposal for incorporation into current tumor, lymph node, metastasis staging
- Pages 368-376.
- Genpeng, Li, Pan, Zhang, Tao, Wei, Rixiang, Gong, Jingqiang, Zhu, Zhihui, Li, and Jianyong, Lei.
- PDF
22. Investigation of attachment location of adhesive skin electrodes for intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery: Preclinical and clinical studies
- Pages 377-383.
- Shin, Sung-Chan, MD, PhD, Sung, Eui-Suk, MD, PhD, Kwon, Hyun-Keun, MD, PhD, Cheon, Yong-Il, MD, Lee, Minhyung, MD, Lee, Jin-Choon, MD, PhD, Kim, Bo Hyun, MD, PhD, Kim, In Ju, MD, PhD, and Lee, Byung-Joo, MD, PhD.
- PDF
23. Circumferential esophageal replacement by a decellularized esophageal matrix in a porcine model
- Pages 384-392.
- Levenson, Guillaume, MD, Berger, Arthur, MD, Demma, Jonathan, MD, Perrod, Guillaume, MD, PhD, Domet, Thomas, Arakelian, Lousineh, PhD, Bruneval, Patrick, MD, PhD, Broudin, Chloe, MD, Jarraya, Mohamed, MD, PhD, Setterblad, Niclas, PhD, Rahmi, Gabriel, MD, PhD, Larghero, Jerome, PharmD, PhD, Cattan, Pierre, MD, PhD, Faivre, Lionel, PharmD, PhD, and Poghosyan, Tigran, MD, PhD.
- PDF
24. Anastomotic stricture after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy: An evaluation of incidence, risk factors, and treatment
- Pages 393-398.
- Koshy, Renol M., FRCS, Brown, Joshua M., Chmelo, Jakub, MD, Watkinson, Thomas, and Phillips, Alexander W., MD, PhD.
- PDF
25. The role of Cushing’s reflex and the vasopressin-mediated oligoanuric response to intracranial hypertension in patients with abdominal compartment syndrome
- Pages 399-404.
- Montorfano, Lisandro, MD, Dip, Fernando, MD, Lo Menzo, Emanuele, MD, PhD, Agrawal, Neerja, MD, Phillips, Edward H., MD, Liang, Hong, PhD, White, Kevin P., MD, PhD, and Rosenthal, Raul J., MD.
- PDF
26. Challenging weekend discharges associated with excess length of stay in surgical patients at Veterans Affairs hospitals
- Pages 405-410.
- Rajasingh, Charlotte M., MD, Graham, Laura A., PhD, MPH, Richman, Joshua, MD, PhD, Mell, Matthew W., MD, Morris, Melanie S., MD, and Hawn, Mary T., MD, MPH.
- PDF
27. Decreasing excess lengths of hospital stay in the Veterans Affairs population: An example of the influence of care delivery macroenvironment factors
- Pages 411-412.
- Rogers, Michael P., MD, MS, and Kuo, Paul C., MD, MS, MBA.
- PDF
28. Impact of introduction of an enhanced recovery protocol on the outcomes of laparoscopic liver resections: A propensity-score matched study
- Pages 413-418.
- Chua, Darren W., MBBS, MMed, FRCSEd, Sim, Dayna, MBBS, Syn, Nicholas, MBBS, Abdul Latiff, Julianah Bee, BSN, MSN, Lim, Kai-Inn, MBBS, MMed, Sim, Yilin Eileen, MBBS, MMed, Abdullah, Hairil Rizal, MBBS, MMed, MSc, Lee, Ser Yee, MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCSEd, FACS, Chan, Chung-Yip, MBBS, FRCSEd, MD, and Goh, Brian K.P., MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCSEd.
- PDF
29. Are the relative benefits of open versus laparoscopic intraperitoneal mesh repair of umbilical hernias dependent on the diameter of the defect?
- Pages 419-427.
- Frey, Samuel, MD, Jurczak, Florent, MD, Fromont, Gérard, MD, Dabrowski, André, MD, Soler, Marc, MD, Cossa, Jean-Pierre, MD, Magne, Eric, MD, Zaranis, Constantin, MD, Beck, Mathieu, MD, and Gillion, Jean-François, MD.
- PDF
30. Mitoquinone treatment for the prevention of surgical adhesions via regulation of the NRF2/HO-1 signaling pathway in mice
- Pages 428-436.
- Hu, Qiongyuan, MD, Lu, Xiaofeng, MD, Li, Guanwei, MD, Kang, Xing, MD, Chen, Kai, MD, Wang, Meng, MD, Liu, Song, MD, and Guan, Wenxian, MD.
- PDF
31. Falling through the cracks: Evaluating the role of nonacute surgical liaison personnel during COVID-19—A narrative review
- Pages 437-446.
- Tolmay, Stephen, MBChB, Koea, Jonathan, MBChB, FRACS, MD, Stewart, Ian, MBChB, FRACS, and Rahiri, Jamie-Lee, MBChB, PhD.
- PDF
32. Social determinants of health and their impact on rates of postoperative complications among patients undergoing vertical sleeve gastrectomy
- Pages 447-452.
- Khalid, Syed I., MD, Maasarani, Samantha, MD, MPH, Shanker, Rachyl M., MD, Becerra, Adan Z., PhD, Omotosho, Philip, MD, and Torquati, Alfonso, MD.
- PDF
33. Gaps in standardized postoperative pain management quality measures: A systematic review
- Pages 453-458.
- Joseph, Jennifer M., PhD, Gori, Davide, MD, Curtin, Catherine, MD, Hah, Jennifer, MD, MS, Ho, Vy Thuy, MD, Asch, Steven M., MD, MPH, and Hernandez-Boussard, Tina, PhD, MPH.
- PDF
34. Advance care planning in patients undergoing surgery to resect pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Underlying tension between balancing hope and realism
- Pages 459-466.
- Demyan, Lyudmyla, MD, Wu, Grace, BS, Moumin, Dina, BS, Blumenthaler, Alisa N., MD, Deutsch, Gary B., MD, Nealon, William, MD, Herman, Joseph M., MD, Weiss, Matthew J., MD, Burns, Edith A., MD, and DePeralta, Danielle K., MD.
- PDF
35. Personalizing preparation for major surgery
- Pages 467-468.
- Windsor, John A., FRACS.
- PDF
36. Early postoperative serum hyperamylasemia: Harbinger of morbidity hiding in plain sight?
- Pages 469-475.
- McGuire, Sean P., MD, Maatman, Thomas K., MD, Keller, Sydney L., BA, Ceppa, Eugene P., MD, House, Michael G., MD, Nakeeb, Attila, MD, Nguyen, Trang K., MD, Schmidt, C. Max, MD, PhD, and Zyromski, Nicholas J., MD.
- PDF
37. Outcomes of laparoscopic, robotic, and open pancreatoduodenectomy: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and propensity-score matched studies
- Pages 476-489.
- Kabir, Tousif, MBBS, MMed, FRCSEd, Tan, Hwee Leong, MBBS, MMed, FRCSEd, Syn, Nicholas L., MBBS, Wu, Eric Jinyi, Kam, Juinn Huar, MBBS, MMed, FRCSEd, and Goh, Brian K.P., MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCSEd.
- PDF
38. Systematic review of the incidence and risk factors for chyle leak after pancreatic surgery
- Pages 490-497.
- Varghese, Chris, BMedSc(Hons), Wells, Cameron Iain, MBChB, Lee, Shiela, MBBS, Pathak, Samir, FRCS, Siriwardena, Ajith K., MD, FRCS, and Pandanaboyana, Sanjay, FRCS, MPhil.
- PDF
39. Building a gender-affirming surgery service: The fundamentals
- Pages 498-503.
- Kim, Kevin G., BS, Bekeny, Jenna C., BA, Pine, Elyse, MD, Manrique, Oscar J., MD, and Del Corral, Gabriel, MD.
- PDF
40. Sustained reduction of discharge opioid prescriptions in an enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery program: A multilevel generalized linear model
- Pages 504-510.
- Zorrilla-Vaca, Andres, MD, Rice, David, MD, Brown, Jessica K., MD, Antonoff, Mara, MD, Sepesi, Boris, MD, Hofstetter, Wayne, MD, Swisher, Stephen, MD, Walsh, Garrett, MD, Vaporciyan, Ara, MD, Mehran, Reza, MD, Hagberg, Carin, MD, and Mena, Gabriel E., MD.
- PDF
41. Smartphone application alerts for early trauma team activation: Millennial technology in healthcare
- Pages 511-517.
- Goulet, Nicole D., MD, FACS, Liu, Helen, DO, Petrone, Patrizio, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS, Islam, Shahidul, DrPH, MPH, Glinik, Galina, MD, FACS, Joseph, D’Andrea K., MD, FACS, FCCM, and Baltazar, Gerard A., DO, FACOS, FACS.
- PDF
42. Whole blood at the tip of the spear: A retrospective cohort analysis of warm fresh whole blood resuscitation versus component therapy in severely injured combat casualties
- Pages 518-525.
- Gurney, Jennifer M., MD, FACS, Staudt, Amanda M., PhD, del Junco, Deborah J., PhD, Shackelford, Stacy A., MD, FACS, Mann-Salinas, Elizabeth A., PhD, Cap, Andrew P., PhD, MD, Spinella, Philip C., MD, and Martin, Matthew J., MD, FACS.
- PDF
43. How long of a postponement in surgery can a blunt hollow viscus injury patient tolerate? A retrospective study from the National Trauma Data Bank
- Pages 526-532.
- Fu, Chih-Yuan, MD, Bajani, Francesco, MD, Bokhari, Marissa, BS, Wang, Szu-Han, MD, Cheng, Chi-Tung, MD, Mis, Justin, RN, Poulakidas, Stathis, MD, FACS, and Bokhari, Faran, MD, FACS.
- PDF
44. Rising incidence of interpersonal violence in Pennsylvania during COVID-19 stay-at home order
- Pages 533-540.
- Ratnasekera, Asanthi M., DO, FACS, Seng, Sirivan S., MD, Jacovides, Christina L., MD, Kolb, Ryann, Hanlon, Alexandra, PhD, Stawicki, Stanislaw P., MD, MBA, Martin, Niels D., MD, FACS, FCCM, and Kaufman, Elinore J., MD, MSHP.
- PDF
45. Impact of opioid use disorder on resource utilization and readmissions after operative trauma
- Pages 541-548.
- Tran, Zachary, MD, Madrigal, Josef, BS, Pan, Chelsea, BA, Rahimtoola, Rhea, Verma, Arjun, Gandjian, Matthew, MD, Tillou, Areti, MD, and Benharash, Peyman, MD.
- PDF
46. The role of leukocytes in predicting whether laparotomy is required in patients with penetrating abdominal stab wound
- Pages 549-554.
- Yucel, Metin, MD, Yildiz, Abdullah, MD, and Basak, Fatih, MD.
- PDF
47. Radical resection of colon cancer: More isn’t necessarily better
- Pages 555-555.
- Emile, Sameh Hany, MD, FACS.
- PDF
48. Am I safe?
- Pages 556-557.
- Gogalniceanu, Petrut, PhD, FRCS, and Kaafarani, Haytham, MD, MPH.
- PDF
49. How to get noticed in 280 characters
- Pages 558-559.
- Keller, Deborah S., MS MD.
- PDF
50. Open drainage for intra-abdominal collections after pancreatectomy: What is the rest of the story?
- Pages 560-561.
- Casciani, Fabio, MD, and Vollmer, Charles M., MD.
- PDF
51. Letter to the editor regarding “The role of acinar content at pancreatic resection margin in the development of postoperative pancreatic fistula and acute pancreatitis after pancreaticoduodenectomy”
- Pages 561-561.
- Lim, Christopher Seng Hong, MBBS, BSc (Med), MRCS, MS, FRACS, Nahm, Christopher Bahdah, BSc, MBBS, FRACS, PhD, Samra, Jaswinder Singh, DPhil (Oxon), FRCS, FRACS, and Mittal, Anubhav, BHB, MBChB, PhD, FRACS.
- PDF
52. A few comments on “Association of the collagen score with anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy” by Jiang et al
- Pages 562-562.
- Xie, Siming, MD, and Tang, Mei, BSc(Med).
- PDF
53. Reply to “Few comments on: Association of the collagen score with anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy”
- Pages 562-563.
- Jiang, Wei, MD, and Yan, Jun, MD, PhD.
- PDF
54. Preoperative localization in primary hyperparathyroidism: Views from developing world
- Pages 563-564.
- Tyagi, Niyatank, MBBS, MS, Gaurav, Kushagra, MBBS, MS, MCh, Anand, Akshay, MBBS, MS, and Sonkar, Abhinav Arun, MBBS, MS, FRCS.
- PDF
55. Response to “Preoperative localization in primary hyperparathyroidism: Views from the developing world”
- Pages 564-564.
- Graves, Claire E., MD, Hope, Thomas A., MD, and Suh, Insoo, MD.
- PDF
56. A man who was given a forceful punch
- Pages e1-e2.
- Shin, Yi-Syuan, MD, Ouyang, Chun-Hsiang, MD, and Fu, Chih-Yuan, MD.
- PDF
57. Axillary breast cancer with lateral orbital metastasis in a male patient
- Pages e3-e4.
- Elshobaky, Ayman, MBBCh, MD, Elkahsef, Wagdi, MD, and Emile, Sameh Hany, MBBCh, MD, FACS.
- PDF
58. Borderline multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma
- Pages e5-e6.
- Landolsi, Sana, MD, PhD, Bouchrika, Amal, MD, Debaibi, Mehdi, MD, Ridène, Imène, MD, PhD, and Chebbi, Faouzi, MD, PhD.
- PDF
59. Small bowel lymphoma after renal transplant
- Pages e7-e8.
- White, Roland Z., BMedSci, MD, and Au, John, MBBS (Hons).
- PDF