Volume 171, Issue 2, 2022-2-1Pages 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  

6. What is “routine” anyway?  

7. A nationwide analysis of gallbladder surgery in England between 2000 and 2019  

8. Invited commentary for a nationwide analysis of gallbladder surgery in England between 2000 and 2019  

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  

10. Defining a minimum hospital volume threshold for minimally invasive colon cancer resections  

11. Risk factors for failure of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with refractory ulcerative colitis  

12. Improved outcomes using laparoscopy for emergency colectomy after mitigating bias by negative control exposure analysis  

13. Markers of neutrophil activation and extracellular trap formation predict appendicitis  

14. The impact of operative approach on postoperative outcomes and healthcare utilization after colectomy  

15. Observational versus antibiotic therapy for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: A non-inferiority meta-analysis based on a Delphi consensus  

16. Development and validation of a prediction score for safe outpatient colorectal resections  

17. Writing an effective National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget: How to get the money for your science  

18. Characterization of academic cardiothoracic surgeons who started as attendings in private or community practice  

19. Examining the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the operative volumes of US general surgery residents  

20. Abandoning node dissection for desmoplasia-negative encapsulated unifocal sporadic medullary thyroid cancer  

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  

22. Investigation of attachment location of adhesive skin electrodes for intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery: Preclinical and clinical studies  

23. Circumferential esophageal replacement by a decellularized esophageal matrix in a porcine model  

24. Anastomotic stricture after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy: An evaluation of incidence, risk factors, and treatment  

25. The role of Cushing’s reflex and the vasopressin-mediated oligoanuric response to intracranial hypertension in patients with abdominal compartment syndrome  

26. Challenging weekend discharges associated with excess length of stay in surgical patients at Veterans Affairs hospitals  

27. Decreasing excess lengths of hospital stay in the Veterans Affairs population: An example of the influence of care delivery macroenvironment factors  

28. Impact of introduction of an enhanced recovery protocol on the outcomes of laparoscopic liver resections: A propensity-score matched study  

29. Are the relative benefits of open versus laparoscopic intraperitoneal mesh repair of umbilical hernias dependent on the diameter of the defect?  

30. Mitoquinone treatment for the prevention of surgical adhesions via regulation of the NRF2/HO-1 signaling pathway in mice  

31. Falling through the cracks: Evaluating the role of nonacute surgical liaison personnel during COVID-19—A narrative review  

32. Social determinants of health and their impact on rates of postoperative complications among patients undergoing vertical sleeve gastrectomy  

33. Gaps in standardized postoperative pain management quality measures: A systematic review  

34. Advance care planning in patients undergoing surgery to resect pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Underlying tension between balancing hope and realism  

35. Personalizing preparation for major surgery  

36. Early postoperative serum hyperamylasemia: Harbinger of morbidity hiding in plain sight?  

37. Outcomes of laparoscopic, robotic, and open pancreatoduodenectomy: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and propensity-score matched studies  

38. Systematic review of the incidence and risk factors for chyle leak after pancreatic surgery  

39. Building a gender-affirming surgery service: The fundamentals  

40. Sustained reduction of discharge opioid prescriptions in an enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery program: A multilevel generalized linear model  

41. Smartphone application alerts for early trauma team activation: Millennial technology in healthcare  

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  

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  

44. Rising incidence of interpersonal violence in Pennsylvania during COVID-19 stay-at home order  

45. Impact of opioid use disorder on resource utilization and readmissions after operative trauma  

46. The role of leukocytes in predicting whether laparotomy is required in patients with penetrating abdominal stab wound  

47. Radical resection of colon cancer: More isn’t necessarily better  

48. Am I safe?  

49. How to get noticed in 280 characters  

50. Open drainage for intra-abdominal collections after pancreatectomy: What is the rest of the story?  

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”  

52. A few comments on “Association of the collagen score with anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy” by Jiang et al  

53. Reply to “Few comments on: Association of the collagen score with anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy”  

54. Preoperative localization in primary hyperparathyroidism: Views from developing world  

55. Response to “Preoperative localization in primary hyperparathyroidism: Views from the developing world”  

56. A man who was given a forceful punch  

57. Axillary breast cancer with lateral orbital metastasis in a male patient  

58. Borderline multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma  

59. Small bowel lymphoma after renal transplant