Background Safety of pancreaticoduodenectomy has improved significantly in the past 3
decades. Current inpatient and 30-d mortality rates are low. However, incidence and causes of …

Background Morbidity after gastrectomy remains high. The potentially modifiable risk factors
have not been well described. This study considers a series of potentially modifiable patient-…

Background Telemedicine has been rapidly adopted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There is limited work surrounding demographic and socioeconomic disparities that may …

Background Despite technical advances, bile leak remains a significant complication after
hepatectomy. The current study uses a targeted multi-institutional dataset to characterize …

RNase MRP RNA is the RNA subunit of the RNase mitochondrial RNA processing (MRP)
enzyme complex that is involved in multiple cellular RNA processing events. Mutations on …

Background Prior studies investigating racial, socioeconomic, and/or insurance disparities
with regard to access to care and outcomes in bariatric surgery have been performed with …

Background Pancreatic fistula remains a morbid complication after pancreatectomy. Since
the proposed mechanism of pancreatic fistula is different between pancreaticoduodenectomy …

… Author links open overlay panel Allison N. Martin MD, MPH a , Matthew J. Kerwin BS a , …
included metastatic neoplasm (n = 229, 44%), primary hepatic neoplasm (n = 108, 21%), primary …

Background Little is known about health disparities in access to low-dose computed
tomography (LDCT) screening. This study hypothesized that the current capacity for LDCT …

BACKGROUND: Delayed initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy negatively impacts long-term
survival in patients with colorectal cancer. Colorectal enhanced recovery protocols result in …