Patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis face significantly higher surgery rates
A nationwide study in Denmark reveals that patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis have a substantially elevated risk of requiring surgery compared to matched individuals from the general population. With a 1-year surgery risk of 42.6% for these patients, versus 13.4% for comparators, the incidence rate ratio for surgeries overall stood at 3.38. Notably, abdominal procedures were most common, indicating a pressing need for improved perioperative management in this high-risk group.
LGBTQ+ general surgery applicants use small signals to judge whether a residency program is psychologically safe, and some hide their identity to avoid being filtered out.
