The importance of providing gender-affirming care in pharmacy practice.

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face bias and discrimination across many health care settings including pharmacy. While there is evidence of successful interventions to increase provider awareness of the needs of TGD individuals in medicine, nursing, and social work, little work has been done by the pharmacy profession to recognize and meet the needs of this population. This commentary examines the gaps in pharmacy practice and pharmacy research with regards to the needs of TGD individuals and looks at allied health fields for potential solutions that can be adapted by the pharmacy profession.

Single-stage abdominal wall reconstruction in contaminated and dirty wounds is safe: a single center experience.

Background: The proper approach to repair of complex abdominal wall hernia in contaminated and dirty surgical fields is unknown. Identification of a surgical approach limiting the number of operative procedures, post-operative complications, and financial burden is needed. We hypothesized that single-stage abdominal wall reconstruction using poly-4-hydroxybutyrate resorbable mesh would result in low incidence of post-operative surgical site occurrence and a low incidence of hernia recurrence in Centers for Disease Control class III and IV wounds.

Prognostic value of continued smoking on survival and recurrence rates in patients with head and neck cancer: A systematic review.

Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the prognostic value of continued smoking after diagnosis on survival and recurrence rates in head and neck cancer.

Methods: A systematic search was performed and predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to screen and select the articles. The remaining articles were critically appraised.