Virtual reality consumer product injuries: An analysis of national emergency department data.

Introduction: The growing popularity of virtual reality devices and increasingly widespread distribution of VR products into the home exposes users to risk of bodily harm. Safety features are integrated into the devices themselves, but the burden of cautious use rests upon the end user. The purpose of this study is to quantify and describe the array of injuries and demographics effected by the burgeoning VR industry to inform and encourage mitigation strategies.

Ad astra per aspera (Through Hardships to the Stars): Lessons Learned from the First National Virtual APDS Meeting, 2020.

Objective: After COVID-19 rendered in-person meetings for national societies impossible in the spring of 2020, the leadership of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS) innovated via a virtual format in order to hold its national meeting.

Design: APDS leadership pre-emptively considered factors that would be important to attendees including cost, value, time, professional commitments, education, sharing of relevant and current information, and networking.

Setting: The meeting was conducted using a variety of virtual formats including a web portal for entry, pre-ecorded poster and oral presentations on the APDS website, interactive panels via a web conferencing platform, and livestreaming.

Adenoma Detection Rate in Colonoscopy: Does the Participation of a Resident Matter?

Presently, endoscopic procedures are a requirement for training competency for completion of a general surgery residency. There are no studies to date that have assessed whether having a resident perform a colonoscopy impacts quality indicators such as adenoma detection rate (ADR). To retrospectively review ADR in adult patients, who undergo screening colonoscopy at a single institution with (ColFacR) and without (ColFac) the participation of a general surgery resident.

Rectal prolapse in the elderly: trends in surgical management and outcomes from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database.

Background: Full thickness rectal prolapse (FTRP) is managed with an abdominal or perineal operation. Traditionally, the approach has been determined by patient age and comorbidities. Our aim was to determine operative trends and outcomes for repair of FTRP in elderly patients using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) database.

Noncosmetic benefits of single-incision laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease: a case-matched comparison with multiport laparoscopic technique.

Background: Single-incision laparoscopic (SIL) colectomy has gained significant momentum with anticipated benefit of improved cosmesis. Feasibility and safety of SIL colectomy have been shown; however, benefits are not well defined. The purpose of this study is to directly compare outcomes of SIL sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease with standard multiport laparoscopic (LAP) technique.

Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm in the setting of chronic colonic vascular ectasia.

Colonic vascular ectasia is a condition characterized by dilated submucosal veins, venules, or capillaries found commonly in patients with lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. We present a case of colorectal ectasia associated with ischemia and an inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm. These pathologic findings may be the result of the vascular ectasia and may add to the natural history of this condition.