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Risk Factors for Delirium and Association of Antipsychotic Use with Delirium Progression in Critically Ill Trauma Patients
Risk Factors for Delirium and Association of Antipsychotic Use with Delirium Progression in Critically Ill Trauma Patients
BackgroundDelirium occurs frequently in critically ill and injured patients and is associated with significant morbidity a...
Oncologic Fidelity of Minimally Invasive Surgery to Resect Neoadjuvant-Treated Wilms Tumors
Oncologic Fidelity of Minimally Invasive Surgery to Resect Neoadjuvant-Treated Wilms Tumors
BackgroundThe Children's Oncology Group recommends upfront resection of Wilms tumor (WT), however, unique scenarios warran...
Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Blunt Abdominal Injury in Level-I and II Pediatric Trauma Centers
Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Blunt Abdominal Injury in Level-I and II Pediatric Trauma Centers
IntroductionAn American College of Surgeons (ACS) Level-I (L-I) pediatric trauma center demonstrated successful laparoscop...
Letter to the Editor: Mentorship Is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Promote Diversity in Surgery
Letter to the Editor: Mentorship Is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Promote Diversity in Surgery
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Strangulated Jejunogastric Intussusception: A Unique Complication Following Billroth II Reconstruction
Strangulated Jejunogastric Intussusception: A Unique Complication Following Billroth II Reconstruction
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Gangrenous Cholecystitis From Gallbladder Volvulus With a Hiatal Hernia
Gangrenous Cholecystitis From Gallbladder Volvulus With a Hiatal Hernia
Gallbladder volvulus is a rare condition involving the rotation of the gallbladder about the cystic duct and vascular pedi...
Corrigendum to “Intra-abdominal Inferior Vena Cava Injuries: Operative Strategies and Outcomes”
Corrigendum to “Intra-abdominal Inferior Vena Cava Injuries: Operative Strategies and Outcomes”
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Small Intestinal Perforation Secondary to Necrotizing Enteritis—An Under-Recognized Complication of Crohn’s Disease
Small Intestinal Perforation Secondary to Necrotizing Enteritis—An Under-Recognized Complication of Crohn’s Disease
Small bowel perforation is an uncommon but severe event in the natural history of Crohn’s disease with fewer than 100 case...
Features on Computed Tomography That Correlate With Acute Appendicitis
Features on Computed Tomography That Correlate With Acute Appendicitis
Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relevant findings in adult patients admitted to Cabell Hunting...
Anastomotic Outcomes in Military Exploratory Laparotomies in the Modern Combat Era
Anastomotic Outcomes in Military Exploratory Laparotomies in the Modern Combat Era
BackgroundIntestinal anastomoses in military settings are performed in severely injured patients who often undergo damage ...
Examining the Factors Influencing Applicants’ Placement on One General Surgery Program’s Rank Order List
Examining the Factors Influencing Applicants’ Placement on One General Surgery Program’s Rank Order List
PurposeSurgery residency applications include variables that determine an individual’s rank on a program’s match list. We ...
A Case of a Primary Liver Glomus Tumor
A Case of a Primary Liver Glomus Tumor
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Effects of Reversal Technique for Neuromuscular Paralysis on Time to Recovery of Bowel Function after Craniotomy
Effects of Reversal Technique for Neuromuscular Paralysis on Time to Recovery of Bowel Function after Craniotomy
BackgroundNon-depolarizing neuromuscular blockade can be reversed with neostigmine/glycopyrrolate or sugammadex. We test t...
How Opioid Guidelines Can Improve Postoperative and Trauma-Related Pain Management
How Opioid Guidelines Can Improve Postoperative and Trauma-Related Pain Management
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Does Breast Cancer Subtype Impact Margin Status in Patients Undergoing Partial Mastectomy?
Does Breast Cancer Subtype Impact Margin Status in Patients Undergoing Partial Mastectomy?
BackgroundMolecular subtype in invasive breast cancer guides systemic therapy. It is unknown whether molecular subtype sho...
Successful Non-Operative Management of Extensive Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis Due to Graft Versus Host Disease
Successful Non-Operative Management of Extensive Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis Due to Graft Versus Host Disease
Graft versus host disease is a serious complication of allogenic stem cell transplants and can manifest with gastrointesti...
Severe Thoracic Vertebral Spine Injury as a Complication of Component of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Severe Thoracic Vertebral Spine Injury as a Complication of Component of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Chest compression has been a component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) since 1960. Performance of high-quality CPR ...
Rozycki-Feliciano Lecture Rudolph Matas, the Father of Vascular Surgery
Rozycki-Feliciano Lecture Rudolph Matas, the Father of Vascular Surgery
Rudolph Matas (1860-1957) was one of the foremost figures in the history of vascular surgery. He is considered the father ...
Clinical and Socioeconomic Factors that Predict Non-completion of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer in a Rural Cancer Center
Clinical and Socioeconomic Factors that Predict Non-completion of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer in a Rural Cancer Center
BackgroundPrevious literature demonstrates correlations between comorbidities and failure to complete adjuvant chemotherap...
Is Yoga Associated With Improved Sleep Amongst Breast Cancer Survivors?
Is Yoga Associated With Improved Sleep Amongst Breast Cancer Survivors?
BackgroundBreast cancer survivors may experience sleep disturbances that can affect their physical and mental well-being. ...
Outcomes of Early Versus Delayed Completion Thyroidectomy for Malignancy
Outcomes of Early Versus Delayed Completion Thyroidectomy for Malignancy
PurposeTo determine whether time interval between hemi-thyroidectomy and subsequent completion thyroidectomy impacts outco...
Contraband Hospital, Freedmen’s Hospital, and Alexander Augusta
Contraband Hospital, Freedmen’s Hospital, and Alexander Augusta
The tens of thousands of enslaved Blacks liberated by union forces during the American Civil War were considered seized pr...
Corrigendum to “Horseshoe Appendix is an Extremely Rare Cause of Acute Appendicitis”
Corrigendum to “Horseshoe Appendix is an Extremely Rare Cause of Acute Appendicitis”
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Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab and Cost-Effective Management of Hospital Admissions for Snakebites
Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab and Cost-Effective Management of Hospital Admissions for Snakebites
BackgroundVenomous snakebites are a common clinical scenario in the Southeastern United States. CroFab® (Crotalidae Polyva...
How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Trauma Volume at an Urban Level I Trauma Center?
How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Trauma Volume at an Urban Level I Trauma Center?
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic changed the face of health care worldwide. While the impacts from this catastrophe are s...
Prehospital Tourniquet Use Should be a Trauma Team Activation Criterion.
Prehospital Tourniquet Use Should be a Trauma Team Activation Criterion.
PurposePrehospital tourniquet application is not a standard trauma team activation (TTA) criterion recommended by the ACS ...
Intraoperative Fluoroscopy-Assisted Localization of Small Bowel Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Intraoperative Fluoroscopy-Assisted Localization of Small Bowel Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Intraoperative management of refractory small bowel gastrointestinal bleeding continues to present challenges to surgeons,...
Transumbilical Repair for Umbilical Hernia: A New Technique
Transumbilical Repair for Umbilical Hernia: A New Technique
Although there are many reports on surgical repair for umbilical hernia, there is no standard procedure at present. Since ...
Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures Improves Outcomes in the Geriatric Patient Population
Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures Improves Outcomes in the Geriatric Patient Population
IntroductionRib fractures in the ≥65-year-old population have been shown to strongly influence mortality and pneumonia rat...