Volume 172, Issue 1, 2022-7-1, Pages OFC-477

Articles in this issue:

1. Cover 1(with editorial board)

2. Information for readers

3. Contents

4. Information for authors

5. Editors-in-Chief July 2022 Note

6. Ambulatory surgery centers: A 2012 to 2018 analysis on growth in number of centers, utilization, Medicare services, and Medicare reimbursements

7. Managing unknowns in the ambulatory surgery centers

8. Implementing a surgical site infection prevention bundle for emergency appendectomy: Worth the effort or waste of time?

9. Acute cholecystitis: Delayed cholecystectomy has lesser perioperative morbidity compared to emergency cholecystectomy

10. Invited commentary on: Acute cholecystitis: Delayed cholecystectomy has lesser perioperative morbidity compared to emergency cholecystectomy

11. Persistent and interdependent: Racial disparities and their mechanisms in postmastectomy breast reconstruction

12. A comparison of timely completion of hypofractionated and traditional adjuvant radiation therapy in early-stage breast cancer: Evidence of impact on reducing racial and socioeconomic disparities

13. A systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing treatments for anal fissure

14. Standardization of ileoanal J-pouch surgery technique: Quality assessment of minimally invasive ileoanal J-pouch surgery videos

15. Surgical management and outcomes of obstructive colorectal cancer in elderly patients: A multi-institutional retrospective study

16. Multisensor perfusion assessment cohort study: Preliminary evidence toward a standardized assessment of indocyanine green fluorescence in colorectal surgery

17. Upfront surgery versus self-expanding metallic stent as bridge to surgery in left-sided colonic cancer obstruction: A multicenter observational study

18. Early experience with focused telemedicine implementation in an academic colorectal surgery practice

19. Training in soft tissue resection using real-time visual computer navigation feedback from the Surgery Tutor: A randomized controlled trial

20. Closing the gap: Triangulation of surgeons’ respectful behaviors perceived by medical students, residents, and patients

21. Association of research timing with surgery resident perceptions of operative autonomy and satisfaction: A multi-institutional study

22. Public perceptions of radiofrequency ablation versus standard surgery for benign thyroid nodules

23. Increasing rates of parathyroidectomy to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients with Medicare coverage

24. Risk factors for complications after surgery for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

25. The effect of preoperative body mass index on short-term outcome after esophagectomy for cancer: A nationwide propensity score–matched analysis

26. Thoracic cavity-to-cage ratio is a predictor of technical difficulties in minimally invasive esophagectomy

27. Correlations of preoperative systematic immuno-inflammatory index and prognostic nutrition index with a prognosis of patients after radical gastric cancer surgery

28. Assessment of the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic gastrectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer: A prospective single-armed clinical trial

29. Increasing utilization of endoscopic local excision for early-stage gastric cancers in the United States

30. Prognostic impact of the metastatic lymph node number in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

31. Risk factors for adverse outcomes in emergency versus nonemergency open umbilical hernia repair and opportunities for elective repair in a national cohort of patients with cirrhosis

32. Preoperative computed tomography for acutely incarcerated ventral or inguinal hernia

33. Chemical thromboprophylaxis before skin closure increases bleeding risk after major ventral hernia repair: A multicenter cohort study

34. Extended antibiotic prophylaxis after pancreatoduodenectomy reduces postoperative abdominal infection in high-risk patients: Results from a retrospective cohort study

35. Costs associated with postoperative intra-abdominal abscess in pediatric perforated appendicitis: A retrospective cohort study

36. Promoting patient engagement during care transitions after surgery using mobile technology: Lessons learned from the MobiMD pilot study

37. Evidence and implementation gaps in management of sentinel node–positive melanoma in the United States

38. Prophylaxis extension for venous thromboembolism after major abdominal and pelvic surgery for cancer (prevent): Quality improvement transitioned into a cohort study

39. Predicting persistent opioid use after surgery using electronic health record and patient-reported data

40. Development and validation of a prediction model for conversion of outpatient to inpatient surgery

41. A nationwide analysis of pancreatic cancer trial enrollment reveals disparities and participation problems

42. Drain use in pancreatic surgery: Results from an international survey among experts in the field

43. Patient volume and clinical outcome after pancreatic cancer resection: A contemporary systematic review and meta-analysis

44. Radiation therapy in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A review

45. How can we better predict the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing surgery using an immune-nutritional scoring system?

46. Predicting pathologic venous invasion before pancreatectomy with venous resection: When does radiology tell the truth?

47. Impact of myopenia and myosteatosis in patients undergoing abdominal surgery for chronic pancreatitis

48. Can trainees safely perform pancreatoenteric anastomosis? A systematic review, meta-analysis, and risk-adjusted analysis of postoperative pancreatic fistula

49. Patterns of mortality after pancreatoduodenectomy: A root cause, day-to-day analysis

50. Survival comparison of invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm versus pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

51. Alternative shock index cutoffs for pediatric patients outperform the Shock Index Pediatric Age-adjusted (SIPA) on strength of association with adverse outcomes in pediatric trauma patients

52. The association of potential prognostic determinants to nonadherence to negative pressure wound therapy: An exploratory prospective prognostic study

53. Systemic therapy for duodenal adenocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Database (NCDB)

54. Assessment of systemic immune-inflammation index in predicting postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing lung cancer resection

55. Double sternal elevation subxiphoid versus uniportal thoracoscopic thymectomy associated with superior clearance for stage I–II thymic epithelial tumors: Subxiphoid thymectomy compared with VATS

56. Hospital variation in the development of respiratory failure after pulmonary lobectomy: A national analysis

57. Association of initial management on readmissions for spontaneous pneumothorax in adolescents

58. Outflow reconstruction of left lateral graft with two widely spaced hepatic veins in pediatric living donor liver transplantation

59. Two hundred and fifty-one right hepatectomies for living donation: Association between preoperative risk factors, hepatic dysfunction, and complications

60. Prospective study of long-term quality-of-life after rib fractures

61. A national evaluation of emergency department thoracotomy practices: Will a high-risk, low-yield procedure reveal potential management practice bias?

62. Chitosan-based lifefoam improves survival in lethal noncompressible abdominal bleeding in swine

63. Autophagy comparative after decompression of tunica albuginea in testicular torsion in mature and immature rat

64. Short- and long-term impact of sarcopenia on outcomes after emergency laparotomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

65. Heath status, frailty, and multimorbidity in patients with emergency general surgery conditions

66. The choices we make: Ethical challenges in trauma surgery

67. Long-term functional outcomes after traumatic spine fractures

68. Posthospitalization outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for COVID-19

69. POTTER-ICU: An artificial intelligence smartphone-accessible tool to predict the need for intensive care after emergency surgery

70. Complex hernia repair in contaminated fields: Are we done using biologics for single-stage repairs?

71. Gallbladder volvulus

72. De Garengeot appendicitis

73. A hypervascular liver mass

74. Phrygian cap cholecystitis

75. A punctiform foramen in the anterior segment of the ear

76. Corrigendum to The optimal dosing scheme for levothyroxine after thyroidectomy: A comprehensive comparison and evaluation [Surgery. 2019 Jan;165(1):92-98.]