Publications by authors named "Jeffrey Fahl"
Article Synopsis
- Clerkships are critical for medical students to combine their basic science knowledge with hands-on clinical practice, particularly in anatomy, which is vital for effective patient care.
- Concerns persist about medical students' anatomy knowledge falling short of the expectations of clerkship directors and clinical faculty, indicating a potential gap in training.
- A study surveying 525 clinical faculty across 24 schools identified that 91% of anatomical structures are deemed essential for core clerkships, highlighting specific anatomy needs for clerkships like family medicine, emergency medicine, and general surgery.
Juvenile polyposis (JP) and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) are clinically distinct diseases caused by mutations in SMAD4 and BMPR1A (for JP) and endoglin and ALK1 (for HHT). Recently, a combined syndrome of JP-HHT was described that is also caused by mutations in SMAD4. Although both JP and JP-HHT are caused by SMAD4 mutations, a possible genotype:phenotype correlation was noted as all of the SMAD4 mutations in the JP-HHT patients were clustered in the COOH-terminal MH2 domain of the protein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLaparoscopically supervised PEG at time of Nissen fundoplication: a safe option.
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A
February 2008
Background/purpose: Children with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) often have associated feeding difficulties that warrant the insertion of a feeding gastrostomy at the time of the antireflux procedure. Options for gastrostomy tube insertion at the time of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF) include laparoscopic gastrostomy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), and classic open gastrostomy. The complication rate of PEG may be decreased if it is placed under laparoscopic supervision.
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