Surgeon supply in US counties has increased from 2010 to 2020
The surgical workforce in US counties was analyzed from 2010 to 2020 in a cross-sectional study. The study reveals that surgeon supply has increased during this period, impacting the accessibility of surgical care. The findings provide important insights for policymakers, healthcare administrators, and clinicians in addressing the distribution of surgeons and improving surgical services in rural and socially vulnerable areas.
Closing a midline laparotomy with small, closely spaced fascial bites prevents more incisional hernias than the traditional large-bite technique, and the benefit lasts beyond two years.
Over five decades, surgery went from the most disruptive research field to the only one where papers, on average, reinforce existing ideas rather than redirect the field.
Members of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons want a say in how surgery will work beyond Earth, and robotics tops their list.
