Surgeon and nonsurgeon personalities at different career points.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated correlations between personality traits and job performance and satisfaction. Evidence suggests that personality differences exist between surgeons and nonsurgeons, some of which may develop during medical training. Understanding these personality differences may help optimize job performance and satisfaction among surgical trainees and be used to identify individuals at risk of burnout.

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banded plication: case-matched study from a single U.S. center.

Background: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banded plication (LAGBP) is a novel technique for weight loss surgery. This study evaluates the safety and short-term efficacy of LAGBP in a U.S.

Bioabsorbable hernia plugs in laparoscopic inguinal herniorraphy: short-term and long-term results.

Purpose: To report our short-term and long-term experience with laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) using a bioabsorbable plug.

Methods: Patients who underwent LIHR from 2009 to 2011 using a bioabsorbable plug and synthetic mesh patch were reviewed retrospectively. Short-term follow-up information was obtained within 30 days of surgery, whereas long-term follow-up was obtained in 2014.

Biomarkers as predictors of recurrence following curative resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a review.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is the fourth most common cancer causing death in the United States. Early tumor recurrence is an important contributor to the dismal prognosis. The availability of an accurate prognostic biomarker for predicting disease recurrence following curative resection will be beneficial for patient care.

Near-infrared fluorescent cholangiography facilitates identification of biliary anatomy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Background: Intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) is the current gold standard for biliary imaging during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). However, utilization of IOC remains low. Near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography (NIRF-C) is a novel, noninvasive method for real-time, intraoperative biliary mapping.

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for treatment of symptomatic paraesophageal hernia in the morbidly obese: medium-term results.

Background: The ideal surgical approach for treatment of symptomatic paraesophageal hernias (PEH) in obese patients remains elusive. The objective of this study was to assess the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of combined laparoscopic PEH repair and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for the management of symptomatic PEH in morbidly obese patients.

Methods: Fourteen patients with symptomatic PEH and morbid obesity (body mass index [BMI]>35 kg/m(2)) underwent laparoscopic PEH repair with RYGB between 2008 and 2011.