Attire Doesn’t Affect Patient Trust in Surgeons
Surgeons can confidently wear scrubs or white coats without impacting patient trust.
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General Surgery
Best Papers in General Surgery
The five that matter, every day.
Large Language Models Improve Trauma Triage Accuracy
Large language models enhance prehospital trauma triage, potentially improving patient outcomes.
Assessing Rehabilitation Impact After Ventral Hernia Repair
This study finds that functional status post-ventral hernia repair shows initial decline, with limited improvement over time.
Laparoscopic TAPP Offers Clear Benefits Over Open Repair
Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) repair shows better outcomes than open Lichtenstein repair for inguinal hernias.
New Technique Enhances Laparoscopic Access Reliability
Surgeons can improve access safety and efficiency with a novel manometric visualization technique for Veress needle entry.
Long-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
Nissen fundoplication yields lasting relief for GERD, with high satisfaction rates over a decade or more.
Sustainability’s Role in Surgical Practice
Integrating environmental sustainability into operating room guidelines is feasible and necessary.
Emergency Surgery Outcomes Worse at Non-Transplant Centers
Emergency surgeries in solid-organ transplant patients fare worse at non-transplant centers, particularly for kidney transplants.
Pyloroplasty reduces complications in minimally invasive esophagectomy
Adding pyloroplasty during esophagectomy significantly lowers the risk of short-term complications.
Multimodal Prehabilitation Doesn’t Cut Surgical Complications
Multimodal prehabilitation didn’t show significant benefits for postoperative outcomes in a diverse surgical population.