The engagement of social media in healthcare continues to expand. For members of the
colorectal community, social media has already made a significant impact on practice, …

The role of social media (SoMe) in surgical education is emerging as a tool that augments
and complements traditional learning. As SoMe usage has steadily increased in our personal …

BACKGROUND: The Script Concordance test (SCT) assesses clinical judgment. The
purpose of this study was to determine whether a specialty-specific scoring key improves the …

Objectives Despite evidence supporting the value of the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic
Surgery (FLS) curriculum, surgical educators still find it challenging to motivate residents to …

Introduction Exercise is beneficial to learning. The purpose of this research was to determine
whether an episode of aerobic exercise prior to practice improves the acquisition and …

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are hormones involved in circadian adaptation and stress response,
and it is also noteworthy that these steroidal molecules present potent anti-inflammatory …

Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is a protein expressed on the surface of activated
endothelial cells and expressed in early atherosclerosis. Because part of the protein is …

To investigate the relevance of zinc in host-pathogen interactions, we have constructed
Salmonella enterica mutant strains in which the znuA gene, which encodes the periplasmic …

Creation of a coloanal anastomosis is a technically challenging procedure with potential
morbidity. Knowledge of the literature is important as surgeons who perform proctectomy should …

… be a rationale for using BPs in patients with AM if a role is hypothesized for these … AM.
Accordingly, we conducted a clinical trial to verify the effects of zoledronic acid in patients with AM…