Re-operation following urgent and emergent colectomies: An investigation of indications and utility as a quality indicator.

Background: For urgent and emergent colectomies, return to the operating room is interpreted as a negative quality indicator. We sought to describe indications, procedures performed, and outcomes of patients undergoing reoperation after colectomy.

Methods: Retrospective study of patients undergoing urgent and emergent colectomy with re-operation at a single institution from 2013 to 2023.

Psychologic assessment in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

Background: Psychological Clearance level (PCL) for patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is a critical step for successful postoperative outcomes. This study aims to assess the relationship between the level of psychologic fitness and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing MBS.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients who underwent MBS (laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy [LSG] and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass [LRYGB]) and completed two years follow-up, between 2012 and 2019, in a single medical center.

Do Surgery Residents Prepare Enough for Surgical Cases?

Importance: This study aimed to identify both modifiable and nonmodifiable factors that affect intraoperative-specific surgical education and performance, with an overall goal of increasing cognizance of such factors to improve surgical training.

Objective: To determine whether surgery residents prepare adequately for participation in surgical cases and to examine specific variables that affect resident preparation.

Design: This study is a retrospective survey-based study that included data from 1945 postoperative case evaluations completed by 59 different general surgery residents over a period of 8 years (2014-2022).

Small cell lung cancer initially presenting with acute urinary retention: A case report.

This case study discusses a patient presenting with urinary retention presumed secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Suspicion for an underlying problem was raised when a second instance of urinary retention occurred after undergoing medical treatment and TUVP to correct BPH. Extensive workup resulted in diagnosis of small cell lung carcinoma with metastases and discovery of a large metastatic mass in the rectovesical pouch.