Objective: This study aims to appraise recommendations from an expert panel of surgical educators on optimizing surgical education and training in the setting of contemporary challenges.
Background: The Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC II), a group of surgical educators, was convened to make recommendations to optimize surgical training, considering the current changes in the landscape of surgical education. Surgical trainees were recruited to assess their impressions of the recommendations.
Global climate change poses significant societal and political challenges. The rapid increase in the near-surface air temperatures and the drastic retreat of the Arctic sea ice during summer are not well represented by climate models. The data sets introduced here intend to help improving the current understanding of the ongoing Arctic climate changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a 64-year-old Jehovah's Witness male, who was post-operative day five of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. He presented with anemia, severe ischemic gastritis, and pneumatosis seen on CT with intravenous contrast. A subsequent upper endoscopy revealed patchy gastric ulceration with bleeding but no overt evidence of perforation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Gastroparesis is a life-altering diagnosis caused by the stomach's inability to function in the absence of a mechanical obstruction. The primary causes are idiopathic, diabetic, and postoperative. Our first-line treatment for medical refractory gastroparesis is the endoscopic per-oral pyloromyotomy (POP) procedure.
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