Surgical Faculty Considering Leaving Positions is High
A significant 41.1% of surgical faculty are seriously considering leaving their jobs, primarily due to dissatisfaction with leadership, burnout, and poor work-life balance.
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Best Papers in General Surgery
The five that matter, every day.
Increased Medical Debt After Emergency General Surgery
Emergency general surgery is linked to significant post-operative financial strain, with 9.1% of patients facing increased medical debt within a year.
Trauma Management of Colon and Rectal Injuries Prioritizes Selective Repair
A new consensus from the World Society of Emergency Surgery emphasizes a selective, physiology-driven approach for managing colon and rectal trauma, moving away from routine fecal diversion.
Rediscovering McElmoyle’s Principle for Safe Cholecystectomy
This paper underscores an enduring principle in cholecystectomy: prioritizing patient safety over procedural completion can prevent injury in difficult cases.
Minimally Invasive Hybrid Pancreaticoduodenectomy Shows Promise
A pilot study suggests that robotic-assisted and laparoscopic-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy with hybrid reconstruction is technically feasible and could reduce estimated blood loss and pain compared to open surgery.
VTE Risk and Timing Vary by Surgical Specialty
Postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence, timing, and thromboprophylaxis practices differ significantly across surgical subspecialties, impacting patient management strategies.
Nutritional Status in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: No Benefit of Resection
Pretreatment nutritional and inflammatory markers do not identify patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer who would benefit from primary tumor resection (PTR) over upfront chemotherapy.
Prehospital Emergency Care in Hawassa Requires Governance Reform
A needs assessment reveals that ineffective governance hinders prehospital emergency care in Hawassa, Ethiopia, leading to fragmented services that often serve merely as interfacility transport.
Redo Heller Myotomy vs. POEM: Key Insights Post-Failed LHM
Both redo Heller myotomy and peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) effectively improve symptoms in patients with recurrent dysphagia after failed laparoscopic Heller myotomy, but POEM shows significant advantages.
Endoscopic Resection for Small Non-Ampullary Duodenal NETs Shows Promise
This multicenter study demonstrates that endoscopic resection of small non-ampullary duodenal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs ≤10 mm) is effective, showing high en bloc resection rates, and low complications.