Publication trends in ligament augmentation techniques: current concepts.

Importance: Ligament augmentation techniques (LATs) are surgical procedures, in which an anatomical ligament repair or reconstruction is strengthened with a synthetic material. During the last decade, LATs have increased in prevalence in clinical practice and academic literature. Observing the trends in LAT publications can be used to identify clusters of strong evidence for clinical practice and to highlight areas of the literature which need further development.

Ligament augmentation repair is broadly applied across different orthopaedic subspecialities: an ISAKOS international survey of orthopaedic surgeons.

Objectives: To evaluate how ligament augmentation repair (LAR) techniques are currently used in different anatomic regions in orthopaedic sports medicine, and to identify the most common indications and limitations of LAR.

Methods: We sent survey invitations to 4,000 members of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine society. The survey consisted of 37 questions total, with members only receiving some branching questions specific to their area of specialisation.

Identifying Attitudes Toward and Acceptance of Osteopathic Graduates in Surgical Residency Programs in the Era of Single Accreditation: Results of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons Medical Student Section Questionnaire of Program Directors.

Purpose The purpose of this study was to quantify the number of surgical programs currently training osteopathic residents and to solicit advice for current osteopathic medical students who are interested in pursuing a surgical residency.  Methods A questionnaire was sent to all listed Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) email contacts for the following specialties: General Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Urology, Integrated Vascular Surgery, Integrated Plastic Surgery, and Integrated Thoracic Surgery. The questionnaire was sent a total of three times.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Resident Physicians Well-Being in the Surgical and Primary Care Specialties in the United States and Canada.

Purpose:  The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the professional, social, and spiritual activities of resident physicians around the world, impacting wellness and personal relationships. Moreover, social distancing caused significant limitations or shutdown of places of worship, including churches, synagogues, mosques, etc. Our goal was to survey resident physicians in primary care and surgical subspecialties in the United States (U.

Correction: Predictive Value of Credit Score on Surgery Resident and Fellow Academic and Professional Performance.

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Predictive Value of Credit Score on Surgery Resident and Fellow Academic and Professional Performance.

Introduction Surgical specialties consistently remain among the most competitive residency and fellowship programs with some of the highest rates of unmatched applicants. Attrition in surgical specialties is as high as 30% and particularly problematic given the extended duration of training and limited number of positions. Applicants are traditionally evaluated using a streamlined set of objective metrics, such as board scores, class rank, leadership, letters of recommendation, research productivity, and volunteerism.

Daily oscillations in expression and responsiveness of Toll-like receptors in splenic immune cells.

Circadian rhythms refer to biologic processes that oscillate with an approximate 24-h period. These rhythms direct nearly all aspects of animal behavior and physiology. The aim of our study was to determine if Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression and responsiveness exhibit time-of-day dependent differences.

One-year outcomes of telephone case monitoring for patients with substance use disorder.

Background: Many patients treated for substance use disorder (SUD) do not achieve lasting recovery from a single episode of treatment and require continuing care. The current randomized clinical trial investigated whether in-person continuing care as usual (CCAU) following intensive outpatient SUD treatment leads to better SUD outcomes when compared with telephone case monitoring (TCM).

Method: This study randomized 667 intensive SUD outpatients to telephone case monitoring versus face-to-face continuing care as usual at two sites.