Rise of the robots: implementing robotic surgery into the acute care surgery practice.

Objectives: Acute Care Surgery (ACS) admissions and procedures are substantially increasing. ACS disproportionally accounts for a majority of morbidity and mortality among surgical patients. Minimally invasive techniques are associated with improved outcomes and shorter hospital length of stay within the ACS population.

Technique and Outcomes in Laparoscopic Repair of Morgagni Hernia in Adults.

Morgagni hernias (MHs) are rare anteromedial congenital diaphragmatic hernias. This study describes the effectiveness of a laparoscopic approach for these defects. A prospectively collected institutional database at a tertiary referral center was queried for patients (≥18 years) with MHs.

Surgery Resident Time Consumed by the Electronic Health Record.

Objective: Time spent on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) influences surgical residents' clinical availability. Objective data assessing EHR usage among surgical residents are lacking and necessary.

Design/participants: Active EHR usage data for 70 surgical residents were collected from April 2015 through April 2016.

A novel variant of the cleidocervicalis muscle with clinical implications for nerve compression/entrapment.

Purpose: The cleidocervicalis muscle occurs in approximately 1-3 % of the population that may be confused with pathological neck masses. We describe a novel variant of the muscle and its clinical implications.

Methods: This is a case report of a cleidocervicalis muscle variant identified during routine cadaveric dissection.