- Association of Rideshare Use With Alcohol-Associated Motor Vehicle Crash Trauma.
Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are an important public health concern. Recent trends […]
- IMPACT of COVID-19 on hip fracture services: A global survey by the International Multicentre Project Auditing COVID-19 in Trauma & Orthopaedics.
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in major disruption to hip […]
- Tissue sealant versus surgical drain following parotidectomy.
Sialocele and salivary fistula are recognised complications of parotid surgery and have […]
- A core Outcome Set for Seamless, Standardized Evaluation of Innovative Surgical Procedures and Devices (COHESIVE): A Patient and Professional Stakeholder consensus Study.
To develop a core outcome set (COS), an agreed minimum set of […]
- Acute Care Utilization and Costs Up to 4 Years After Index Sleeve Gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A National Claims-Based Study.
To compare acute care utilization and costs following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and […]
- Assessment of Textbook Outcome in Laparoscopic and Open Liver Surgery.
Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite measure that captures the most desirable […]
- Association Between Electronic Patient Symptom Reporting With Alerts and Potentially Avoidable Urgent Care Visits After Ambulatory Cancer Surgery.
Increasingly complex surgical procedures are being performed in the outpatient setting, increasing […]
- Factors Associated With Functional Impairment After Pediatric Injury.
Short- and long-term functional impairment after pediatric injury may be more sensitive […]
- Actual malignancy risk of either operated or non-operated presumed mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas under surveillance.
Despite the low malignant potential of pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs), surgery […]
- Innovations for the future of breast surgery.
Future innovations in science and technology with an impact on multimodal breast […]
- Actual malignancy risk of either operated or non-operated presumed mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas under surveillance.
Despite the low malignant potential of pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs), surgery […]
- Innovations for the future of breast surgery.
Future innovations in science and technology with an impact on multimodal breast […]
- Day-case approach to immediate breast reconstruction: pushing the boundaries of ambulatory breast surgery in the post-COVID-19 era.
Day-case surgery is safe and efficacious for most breast surgical procedures. Limited […]
- Establishing minimally invasive cardiac surgery in a low-volume mitral surgery centre.
Despite early enthusiasm, minimally invasive cardiac surgery has had a low uptake […]
- Is it safe to perform elective orthopaedic surgery with high community rates of COVID-19? An observational cohort study.
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS […]
- Outcomes after breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy in patients with triple-negative breast cancer: meta-analysis.
In patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), oncological and survival outcomes based […]
- Severe dissecting scalp cellulitis successfully treated with serial excisions in combination with anti-TNF therapy.
The management of dissecting scalp cellulitis involves medical treatment with oral antibiotics […]
- Splenocystojejunostomy for the treatment of a symptomatic splenic pseudocyst.
Pancreatic pseudocyst is a widely recognised local complication following acute pancreatitis. Typically […]
- When infection mimics cauda equina syndrome: a cautionary tale.
A 63-year-old man presented to the emergency department with low back pain, […]
- Technical advances in surgery for pancreatic cancer.
Multimodal treatment concepts enhance options for surgery in locally advanced pancreatic ductal […]
- Routine Postsurgical Anesthesia Visit to Improve 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality: A Multicenter, Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Interventional Study (the TRACE Study).
To study the impact of a standardized postoperative anesthesia visit on 30-day […]
- Tracheostomy for COVID-19: Multidisciplinary, Multicenter Data on Timing, Technique, and Outcomes.
To assess the outcomes of tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure.Tracheostomy […]
- A cross-sectional study examining the association between MRCS performance and surgeons receiving sanctions against their medical registration.
Fitness to practice (FtP) investigations by the General Medical Council (GMC) safeguard […]
- Cost effectiveness of Staple Line Reinforcement in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
To perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of staple-line reinforcement in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.Exponential […]
- Muscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous free flap breast reconstruction following cryolipolysis.
Cryolipolysis refers to the sub-physiological cooling of regional body parts (typically the […]
- A randomized clinical trial of an eHealth intervention on anxiety in patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery.
The potential benefit of eHealth interventions in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm […]
- Rib fracture fixation in a patient on veno-venous ECMO for severe blunt thoracic trauma.
Thoracic chest wall trauma is a common injury in patients admitted to […]
- Schwannoma of the sinonasal tract: case report with review of the literature.
Schwannomas of the sinonasal tract are rare, accounting for <4% of head […]
- Omitting completion axillary lymph node dissection after detection of sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer: first results from the prospective SENOMIC trial.
Completion axillary lymph node dissection has been abandoned widely among patients with […]
- Perioperative Systemic Therapy vs Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Alone for Resectable Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.
To date, no randomized clinical trials have investigated perioperative systemic therapy relative […]
- Perspectives of US General Surgery Program Directors on Cultural and Fiscal Barriers to Maternity Leave and Postpartum Support During Surgical Training.
Although pregnancy during surgical residency is increasingly common, studies of surgical residents […]
- Progression vs Cyst Stability of Branch-Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms After Observation and Surgery.
The progression of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas to […]
- Risk of the Watch-and-Wait Concept in Surgical Treatment of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm.
The natural history of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) remains uncertain. The […]
- Volume-outcome relationship for adrenalectomy: analysis of an administrative dataset for the Getting It Right First Time Programme.
A minimum volume threshold of at least six procedures per annum per […]
- Variations in reporting of clinician-reported outcome measures in third molar surgery: A focused review.
Clinician-reported outcome measures (ClinRO measures) play a fundamental role in quality assurance […]
- Anterior resection syndrome: a randomized clinical trial of a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist (ramosetron) in male patients with rectal cancer.
No effective treatment exists for anterior resection syndrome (ARS) following sphincter-saving surgery […]
- Pelvic and acetabular trauma in amateur equestrian enthusiasts – A retrospective review.
Horse riding related accidents can present with devastating pelvic and acetabular fractures. […]
- The effectiveness of handout assisted versus verbal consent on post-operative recall and understanding – A randomized control study.
Consent is an important component of surgical care. Poorly attempted consent bears […]
- Understanding the Meaning of Recovery to Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery.
Postoperative recovery is difficult to define or measure. Research addressing interventions aimed […]
- All-Cause and Cancer-Specific Death of Older Adults Following Surgery for Cancer.
Cancer care has inherent complexities in older adults, including balancing risks of […]
- Frequency of Preoperative Advance Care Planning for Older Adults Undergoing High-risk Surgery: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
For patients facing major surgery, surgeons believe preoperative advance care planning (ACP) […]
- Intrathoracic vs Cervical Anastomosis After Totally or Hybrid Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Transthoracic minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is increasingly performed as part of curative […]
- OpTrust: An Effective Educational Bundle for Enhancing Faculty-resident Intraoperative Entrustment.
The purpose of this study was to measure the efficacy of a […]
- COVID-19: lessons learnt and priorities in trauma and orthopaedic surgery.
The COVID-19 pandemic is the most serious health crisis of our time. […]
- Patient-reported outcomes after oesophagectomy in the multicentre LASER study.
Data on the long-term symptom burden in patients surviving oesophageal cancer surgery […]
- Use of Feedback Data to Reduce Surgical Site Infections and Optimize Antibiotic Use in Surgery: A Systematic Scoping Review.
Surgical site infection (SSI) prevention remains significant, particularly in the era of […]
- Tourniquet use during knee arthroplasty: A Bayesian network meta-analysis on pain, function, and thromboembolism.
The role of a tourniquet for knee arthroplasty remains controversial. The present […]
- Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of programmed cell death ligand 1 expression in patients diagnosed with breast cancer: meta-analysis.
Uncertainty exists regarding the clinical relevance of programmed cell death ligand 1 […]
- Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ ameliorates ischaemia-reperfusion injury in kidney transplantation models.
Ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury makes a major contribution to graft damage during kidney […]
- Prognostic factors for isolated medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction: A systematic review.
Evidence concerning the influence gender, age, and the time elapsed from the […]
- The age of surgical operative video big data – My bicycle or our park?
Surgery is a major component of health-care provision. Operative intervention often employs […]
- Mid-term follow-up of percutaneous access for standard and complex EVAR using the ProGlide device.
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair is an established treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm which […]
- Giant bilateral angiomyolipoma of the kidney.
Angiomyolipoma is a benign solid renal neoplasm. A giant angiomyolipoma is more […]
- Hearing Evaluation of ARthroplasty Surgeons: results from the HEARS study.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the prevalence of […]
- 30-Day postoperative COVID-19 outcomes in 398 patients from regional hospitals utilising a designated COVID-19 minimal surgical site pathway.
Postoperative pulmonary complications and mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic have been […]
- Central importance of emotional and quality-of-life outcomes in the public’s perception of face transplantation.
Face transplantation is a surgical innovation to manage people with severely interrupted […]
- COVID-19 pandemic did not affect emergency theatre patient demographic and length of stay in the first phase of UK countrywide lockdown in a district general hospital.
We aim to identify any changes in outcome for patients undergoing nonelective […]
- Cutting edge selection: learning from high reliability organisations for virtual recruitment in surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
National selection for higher surgical training (ST3+) recruitment in the UK is […]
- Survival After Breast Conservation vs Mastectomy Adjusted for Comorbidity and Socioeconomic Status: A Swedish National 6-Year Follow-up of 48 986 Women.
Cohort studies show better survival after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) with postoperative radiotherapy […]
- The introduction of an emergency safety protocol coupled with simulation training in robotic surgery, has enabled a more cohesive and efficient response to emergencies.
With the increasing popularity of robotic surgery, arise a unique set of […]
