Background Evidence from observational studies that the use of surgical safety checklists
results in striking improvements in surgical outcomes led to the rapid adoption of such …

Injurious ventilation induces widespread pulmonary epithelia... : Critical Care Medicine Injurious
ventilation induces widespread pulmonary epithelial expression of tumor necrosis factor-α and …

Background The risk of port-site metastasis after laparoscopic removal of incidental gallbladder
cancer was previously estimated to be 14–30%. The present study was designed to …

Liver resection has clearly been established as the standard treatment for resectable
colorectal liver metastases. This article will review the expanding role for hepatectomy in this …

Background The aim of this study was to examine whether midline, paramedian, or transverse
incisions offer potential advantages for abdominal surgery. Data Sources We searched …

Background Sleep loss in attending physicians has an unclear effect on patient outcomes. In
this study, we examined the effect of medical care provided by physicians after midnight on …

Background: Evidence-based guidelines recommend multivisceral resection for patients
with locally advanced adherent colorectal cancer because it reduces local recurrence and …

Purpose We sought to examine the feasibility and clinical significance of current guidelines
on nodal assessment in patients with rectal cancer (RC) treated with neoadjuvant radiation. …

Importance Overlapping surgery, also known as double-booking, refers to a controversial
practice in which a single attending surgeon supervises 2 or more operations, in different …

Background The current recommendation for patients with cutaneous melanoma and a
positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is a completion lymph node dissection (CLND). This …