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The Importance of Safety-Net Hospitals in Emergency General Surgery
Safety-net hospitals provide care to an inherently underprivileged patient population. These hospitals have previously been shown to have inferior surgical outcomes after complex, elective procedures, but litt...
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Perioperative Net Fluid Balance Predicts Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Our goal was to evaluate the relationship between perioperative fluid administration and the development of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD).
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Impact of Preoperative Opioid Use After Emergency General Surgery
Preoperative exposure to narcotics has recently been associated with poor outcomes after elective major surgery, but little is known as to how preoperative opioid use impacts outcomes after common, emergency g...
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Understanding the “Weekend Effect” for Emergency General Surgery
Several studies have identified a “weekend effect” for surgical outcomes, but definitions vary and the cause is unclear. Our aim was to better characterize the weekend effect for emergency general surgery usin...
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Equivalent Treatment and Survival after Resection of Pancreatic Cancer at Safety-Net Hospitals
Due to disparities in access to care, patients with Medicaid or no health insurance are at risk of not receiving appropriate adjuvant treatment following resection of pancreatic cancer. We have previously show...
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Surgical Approach in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Resection Versus Transplantation
Surgical resection and liver transplantation remain the only treatments that offer potential cure for patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). With ongoing improvements in patient selection, ope...
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The Surgeon’s Role in Treating Chronic Pancreatitis and Incidentally Discovered Pancreatic Lesions
Chronic pancreatitis and incidentally discovered pancreatic lesions present significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for surgeons. While both decompressive and resection procedures have been described...
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Fistulojejunostomy Versus Distal Pancreatectomy for the Management of the Disconnected Pancreas Remnant Following Necrotizing Pancreatitis
A disconnected distal pancreas (DDP) remnant is a morbid sequela of necrotizing pancreatitis. Definitive surgical management can be accomplished by either fistulojejunostomy (FJ) or distal pancreatectomy (DP)....
