Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Current Issue May 2012, Vol. 214, No. 5

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Perioperative Risk of Laparoscopic Fundoplication: Safer than Previously Reported—Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program 2005 to 2009
11 May 2012
Stefan Niebisch, Fergal J. Fleming, Kelly M. Galey, Candice L. Wilshire, Carolyn E. Jones, Virginia R. Litle, Thomas J. Watson, Jeffrey H. Peters
Background: Several prospective randomized controlled trials show equal effectiveness of surgical fundoplication and proton pump inhibitor therapy for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease....
Surgical Management of Inoperable Lymphedema: The Re-emergence of Abandoned Techniques
07 May 2012
Matthew E. Doscher, Sean Herman, Evan S. Garfein
In the era of microsurgical lymph node transfer and lymphatic bypass, there are still a significant number of patients with debilitating lymphedema not amenable to these technically advanced procedure...
The First National Examination of Outcomes and Trends in Robotic Surgery in the United States
07 May 2012
Jamie E. Anderson, David C. Chang, J. Kellogg Parsons, Mark A. Talamini
Background: There are few population-based data describing outcomes of robotic-assisted surgery. We compared outcomes of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, and open surgery in a nationally representative...
Optimizing Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Surgical Therapy for Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Synchronous Liver Metastases
07 May 2012
Daniel E. Abbott, Scott B. Cantor, Chung-Yuan Hu, Thomas A. Aloia, Y. Nancy You, Sa Nguyen, George J. Chang
Background: Traditionally, for patients with colorectal cancer with resectable synchronous liver metastases, resections were performed separately. However, the safety and efficacy of simultaneous rese...
Rib Fracture Fixation for Flail Chest: What Is the Benefit?
07 May 2012
Akash Bhatnagar, John Mayberry, Ram Nirula
Background: Recently, rib fracture fixation for flail chest has been used increasingly at both academic and nonacademic trauma centers. Although a few small non-US studies have demonstrated a clinical...

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“Components separation technique” for the repair of large abdominal wall hernias
January 2003 (Vol. 196 | No. 1 | Pages 32-37)
Tammo S de Vries Reilingh, Harry van Goor, Camiel Rosman, Marc H.A Bemelmans, Dick de Jong, Ernst Jan van Nieuwenhoven, Marina I.A van Engeland, Robert P Bleichrodt
Impaired Alcohol Metabolism after Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Case-Crossover Trial
February 2011 (Vol. 212 | No. 2 | Pages 209-214)
Gavitt A. Woodard, John Downey, Tina Hernandez-Boussard, John M. Morton
Personal Consequences of Malpractice Lawsuits on American Surgeons
November 2011 (Vol. 213 | No. 5 | Pages 657-667)
Charles M. Balch, Michael R. Oreskovich, Lotte N. Dyrbye, Joseph M. Colaiano, Daniel V. Satele, Jeff A. Sloan, Tait D. Shanafelt
Crisis Checklists for the Operating Room: Development and Pilot Testing
August 2011 (Vol. 213 | No. 2 | Pages 212-217.e10)
John E. Ziewacz, Alexander F. Arriaga, Angela M. Bader, William R. Berry, Lizabeth Edmondson, Judith M. Wong, Stuart R. Lipsitz, David L. Hepner, Sarah Peyre, Steven Nelson, Daniel J. Boorman, Douglas S. Smink, Stanley W. Ashley, Atul A. Gawande

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