Surgical Care Through a Community Free Clinic-Ambulatory Surgical Center Partnership.

Background: Disparities secondary to underinsurance present throughout the surgical care continuum. Community free clinics are uniquely capable to provide health care services to the medically underserved, but surgery often falls outside their scope of care.

Methods: Retrospective chart review was conducted on consecutive community free clinic patients receiving free surgical services via referral to a partnering ambulatory surgery center between March 2016 and September 2021.

Novel combination approaches to locoregional and systemic therapy in the management of primary and metastatic liver tumors.

Several pathways and mutations must develop or be in place for the onset of cancer. Therefore, therapies should ideally target as many of these pathways as possible to improve outcomes. Combining several agents has proven to be more effective than the use of monotherapy in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and other cancers.

Post-Trauma Follow-up Phone Call Shows Lower Readmission Rates for Patients Discharged From Emergency Department Compared to Inpatient Stay.

Background: Studies show follow-up phone calls decrease readmission rates (RR) in trauma patients and social vulnerabilities may play a role as well. Minimal literature exists comparing RR of trauma patients who required an inpatient stay to those whose treatment was limited to the Emergency Department (ED), as they are at high risk of recidivism. We hypothesized post-trauma follow-up calls would show higher RR for ED patients than those requiring inpatient stay, as well as potentially differing outcomes for minorities.