Innovations (Phila)
December 2023
The purpose of this report is to demonstrate robotic cryoablation of an atrial myxoma stalk as a method to prevent recurrence and preserve atrial tissue. A 38-year-old female patient was taken to the operating room, and an atrial myxoma abutting the left inferior pulmonary vein was resected robotically. This was followed by cryoablation of the tumor stalk instead of a full-thickness resection to prevent an extensive reconstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Few general surgery residencies offer rural rotations. We aim to evaluate the contribution of our institution's rural rotation to meeting the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) minimum case requirements for graduation, and residents' perceptions of the educational value of this rotation.
Design: ACGME case log data were obtained from categorical general surgery residents who had completed at least 1 month-long rural surgery rotation and 1 month-long general surgery rotation at our academic medical center within the same clinical year.
Background: The most common reason for readmission after bariatric surgery is postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). The aim of this study was to compare the incidence and severity of PONV between patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and gastric bypass (GB).
Methods: This was a prospective observational cohort study that evaluated all patients who underwent non-revisional isolated SG or GB at a tertiary care center.
Aim: Chronic immunosuppressant use increases the risk of septic complications after colectomy; however, adverse effects on other organ systems remain poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the multisystem organ effect(s) of chronic immunosuppressant(s) in colorectal cancer patients.
Methods: This was a retrospective study.