Testicular torsion in adults: Demographics and 30-day outcomes after orchiopexy or orchiectomy.

Background: Most often studied in the pediatric population, testicular torsion also affects the adult male population. Little data exists on demographics, patient risk factors, and associated outcomes for the surgical management of testicular torsion. This study sought to describe differences in demographics and outcomes for those patients requiring orchiopexy or orchiectomy.

Adult pectus excavatum repair: national outcomes of the Nuss and Ravitch procedures.

Background: National data is limited on pectus excavatum, the most common chest wall deformity which is often repaired using the Ravitch and Nuss procedures. The purpose of the study was to describe demographics and outcomes of adult patients who underwent surgical repair of pectus excavatum via open and minimally invasive thoracoscopic methods.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) database from 2015 to 2018 was performed, capturing patients 18 years or older with pectus excavatum as the postoperative diagnosis.

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Demographics and 30-day Outcomes in Adults.

Background: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a pathology most often affecting the pediatric population, although adults can also be affected. Few studies exist of adults undergoing repair of this defect. Using a national database, we sought to determine demographics and outcomes of this population.

Meckel's Diverticulum: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Survey in Adults Comparing Diverticulectomy and Small Bowel Resection.

Background: Meckel's diverticulum is a congenital abnormality often associated with the pediatric population. When seen in the adult population, management is controversial. This study sought to determine demographic and outcome differences between diverticulectomy and small bowel resection in adults diagnosed with Meckel's diverticulum.

Malrotation Correction in the Adult Population.

Background: Malrotation is a congenital anomaly most often affecting the pediatric population. The Ladd procedure is the standard treatment for this pathology. Well-studied in the pediatric population, large studies of the demographics and outcomes of patients who reach adulthood are lacking.

Enterocystoplasty and appendicovesicostomy in adults: a description of demographics and 30-day outcomes of bladder augmentation.

Within the adult population, studies of the granular clinical outcomes of appendicovesicostomy (AV) and augmentation enterocystoplasty (AE) have been limited to case series. Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) data, this study sought to describe the population undergoing these procedures. An analysis of the ACS NSQIP database (2015 to 2018) was performed, capturing patients with procedure codes of enterocystoplasty with intestinal anastomosis or cutaneous appendicovesicostomy.

Are university-based residency training programs lacking in resident education of proper diagnosis and treatment for common skin and breast lesions?

Background: Skin and breast cancers are the 2 most common malignancies in US women. Early detection with appropriate therapy is essential in improving survival rates. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare general surgery (GS) and family medicine (FM) residents in their ability to identify and appropriately treat common skin and breast lesions.

Effects of intragastric fructose and dextrose on mesenteric microvascular inflammation and postprandial hyperemia in the rat.

Objectives: Fructose superfused on the mesenteric venules of rats induces microvascular inflammation via oxidative stress. It is unknown whether intragastric fructose exerts a similar effect and whether fructose impairs postprandial hyperemia (PPH). The goals were to determine whether intragastric fructose administration promotes leukocyte adherence and whether fructose, owing to its oxidative properties, may also impair nitric oxide-dependent PPH in the mesenteric microcirculation of rats.

Minimally invasive surgery in pediatric cancer patients.

Background: The specific use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in pediatric cancer patients is limited. We evaluated the 5-year experience at a single institution with MIS in children with malignancies.

Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken of all MIS performed between November 1995 and October 2000.

Benefit of surgical resection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in pediatric patients undergoing treatment for malignancies and immunodeficiency syndromes.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of children undergoing treatment for malignancy and immunodeficiency syndromes in whom invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) developed.

Methods: The authors reviewed the medical records of all patients treated at their institution from January 1990 to August 1999 for culture-proven pulmonary aspergillus infection.

Results: Among the 43 patients studied, the median age at the time of diagnosis of IPA was 13.