Publications by authors named "Caroline T Dong"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how to best manage extraperitoneal bladder injuries (EBIs) in patients who also have pelvic fractures, comparing surgical (cystorrhaphy) and non-operative treatments.
- Researchers reviewed data from 90 patients at a trauma center between 2017 and 2022, finding that 56% had EBIs and the rest had other types of bladder injuries.
- Results indicated that while patients who had surgery experienced more bladder leaks post-treatment, overall complications were similar between those treated operatively and non-operatively.
Introduction: Hernia U was created with the objective to expand the educational landscape of abdominal wall surgery. It is an online platform where surgeons can register with no cost and subscribe for different courses. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the platform on patient management and surgical education.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, New York instituted a statewide stay-at-home mandate to lower viral transmission. While public health guidelines advised continued provision of timely care for patients, disruption of safety-net health care and public fear have been proposed to be related to indirect deaths because of delays in presentation. We hypothesized that admissions for emergency general surgery (EGS) diagnoses would decrease during the pandemic and that mortality for these patients would increase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndoscopic onlay repair for ventral hernia and rectus abdominis diastasis repair: Why so many different names for the same procedure? A qualitative systematic review.
Surg Endosc
October 2021
Background: A subcutaneous endoscopic onlay repair for ventral hernia with an anterior plication of diastasis recti (DR) has been published under different names in different countries. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the safety and feasibility of different named techniques with the same surgical concept.
Methods: The PRISMA guidelines were followed during all stages of this systematic review.
Background: Patients presenting for evaluation of umbilical and epigastric hernias are often found to have diastasis recti (DR). As isolated hernia repair in these patients may be associated with higher rates of recurrence, prior international publications have described a prefascial mesh repair in combination with anterior plication of DR. We present our initial United States (US) experience with a SubCutaneous OnLay endoscopic Approach (SCOLA) to address these concurrent pathologies in a single hybrid procedure.
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