Surgery

Editorial Material Respiratory System

The Mid-Career Crisis Moving on to Your Next Job or Staying Comfortable

Ourania Preventza

Summary: Making a professional transition during a surgeon's mid-career is challenging. It is a crucial phase where experience, repetition, and judgment are developed through extensive practice. This phase involves deciding one's future, helping others shape theirs, and moving into the senior phase of a career.

THORACIC SURGERY CLINICS (2024)

Article Respiratory System

Surgical Citizenship Engagement in Surgical Organizations

Himanshu J. Patel, Stefanie L. Peters, Barbara Hamilton, Andrew C. Chang

THORACIC SURGERY CLINICS (2024)

Article Respiratory System

Navigating Promotion in Thoracic Surgery

Marko T. Boskovski, Elaine E. Tseng

Summary: The promotion process at academic institutions is clearly defined, and promotion criteria vary based on academic tracks. Promotion packets include multiple components.

THORACIC SURGERY CLINICS (2024)

Article Surgery

Syndromic Craniofacial Disorders

Robert J. Tibesar, Andrew R. Scott

FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024)

Article Surgery

Pediatric Facial Soft Tissue Repair and Reconstruction

Joshua C. Demke, Kolos K. Nagy

FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024)

Article Surgery

Factors Associated with Discharge to Skilled Nursing Facility Following Gunshot Wounds

Anthony Eze, Harold Leraas, Oluebubechukwu Eze, Chinecherem Chime, Braylee Grisel, Lauren Moore, Marcelo Cerullo, Doreen Chang, Suresh Agarwal, Krista L. Haines

Summary: Firearm injury is a significant public health crisis, with the majority of victims belonging to underserved minority populations. This study examines the association between race, insurance status, and discharge disposition for gunshot wound-related trauma.

JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH (2024)

Article Critical Care Medicine

Socioeconomic status is associated with greater hazard of post-discharge mortality than race, gender, and ballistic injury mechanism in a young, healthy, orthopedic trauma population

Jacob Hartline, Christopher T. Cosgrove, Nathan N. O'Hara, Qasim M. Ghulam, Zachary D. Hannan, Robert V. O'Toole, Marcus F. Sciadini, Christopher G. Langhammer

Summary: In a young, healthy orthopedic trauma population with isolated extremity injury, traditional demographic factors and ballistic injury mechanism have a greater predictive value for long-term mortality after hospital discharge compared to popular markers of socioeconomic status.

INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED (2024)

Article Surgery

Liver Transplant for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Olanrewaju A. Eletta, Guergana G. Panayotova, Keri E. Lunsford

SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024)

Article Surgery

Current Status of Liver Transplantation in North America

Hassan Aziz, Paramita Nayak, David C. Mulligan

SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024)

Article Surgery

Liver Transplantation for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Christopher J. Sonnenday

SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024)

Article Respiratory System

What Is the Right First Job?

Rachel Kim, Nahush A. Mokadam

THORACIC SURGERY CLINICS (2024)

Article Respiratory System

Implementation of Well- Being for Cardiothoracic Surgeons

Sarah Khalil, Anna Olds, Kristine Chin, Cherie P. Erkmen

THORACIC SURGERY CLINICS (2024)

Article Surgery

Association for Academic Surgery: Fragmentation of Care After Admissions for Burn: An Analysis of the National Readmissions Database

Hannah Braunstein, Vanessa P. Ho, Avanti Badrinathan, Andrew Tran, Casey Kohler, Patrick J. Maluso, Christopher W. Towe, Justin E. Dvorak

Summary: Burn patients require complex longitudinal care, and specific patient and demographic factors are associated with burn readmissions and fragmentation of care.

JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH (2024)

Article Critical Care Medicine

Comparison of the operation safety and biomechanical stability of sacral alar-iliac vs. sacroiliac screws in the fixation of sacroiliac joint in simulated models of low bone density

Shihao Du, Xin Li, Changbao Wei, Yunhong Ma, Jun Liu, Yongwe Wu

Summary: The stability of S1AIS and S2AIS is similar, both stronger than that of SIS and TSTIS. However, the safety zone of S2AIS at the insertion point is smaller than that of S1AIS. Therefore, considering both safety and stability, S1AIS is the preferred choice for fixation of sacroiliac joint dislocation in simulated models of low bone density.

INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED (2024)

Article Respiratory System

Personal Finance Wellness for New Attendings

Russell Seth Martins, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Faiz Y. Bhora

Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of financial literacy for new attending surgeons, including establishing a financial team, obtaining appropriate insurance, and planning for retirement. It also reminds surgeons to strike a balance between personal life goals and long-term financial obligations.

THORACIC SURGERY CLINICS (2024)

Article Surgery

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Smoking Do Not Affect Outcomes of Iliofemoral Vein Stenting for Chronic Proximal Venous Outflow Obstruction

Yeju Kang, Halbert Bai, Jason B. Storch, Jenny Chen, Pavel Kibrik, Windsor Ting

Summary: Diabetes, hypertension, and smoking were common among CVI patients, but unlike in PAD patients, they had little to no impact on long-term outcomes or reinterventions after IVS.

ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY (2024)

Article Critical Care Medicine

Preoperative COVID-19 infection status negatively impacts postoperative outcomes of geriatric hip fracture surgery

Mohamed Elbuzidi, Alyssa N. Wenzel, Andrew Harris, Majd Marrache, Julius K. Oni, Harpal S. Khanuja, Vishal Hegde

Summary: A retrospective propensity score matched cohort study was conducted using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database to compare outcomes for patients with recently diagnosed COVID-19 infection and those without COVID-19 infection undergoing operative treatment of hip fractures. The results showed that COVID-19-positive patients had a higher risk of 30-day mortality, pneumonia, unplanned intubation, septic shock, longer length of hospital stay, and discharge to an acute care hospital. Active COVID-19 infection is an independent risk factor for complications and increased resource utilization in these patients.

INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED (2024)

Article Critical Care Medicine

In-hospital complications of work-related musculoskeletal injuries

Win Wah, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Karen Walker-Bone

Summary: This study aimed to identify the incidence and factors associated with in-hospital complications of work-related musculoskeletal injuries. The results showed that age, gender, area-level disadvantage, hospital type, comorbidity, emergency admissions, anesthesia, and the type of injury were all associated with in-hospital complications. The most common complications were cardiovascular, gastrointestinal complications and adverse drug events.

INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED (2024)

Correction Critical Care Medicine

Arterialization of plantar venous system via vein graft: A novel technique for reconstruction of heel pad degloving injuries ( vol 54,110826 , 2023)

Hokuto Morii, Takahiro Inui, Hiroki Shibayama, Kazunori Oae, Fumio Onishi, Takuya Hashimoto, Koichi Inokuchi, Makoto Sawano

INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED (2024)

Review Surgery

Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Fractures: A Review

Sophia Matos, Matthew D. Johnson

FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (2024)