Journal of the American College of Surgeons • September 2020

Investigating Association Between Sex and Faculty Teaching Evaluation in General Surgery Residency Programs: A Multi-Institutional Study

Adam D Shellito, MD, Christian de Virgilio, MD, FACS, Grace Lee, MS, Cary B Aarons, MD, MSEd, FACS, Jukes P Namm, MD, FACS, Douglas S Smink, MD, MPH, FACS, Tiffany Tanner, MD, FACS, Karen J Brasel, MD, MPH, FACS, V Prasad Poola, MD, FACS, Kristine E Calhoun, MD, FACS

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Western Washington State COVID-19 Experience: Keys to Flattening the Curve and Effective Health System Response

Steven H Mitchell, MD, Eileen M Bulger, MD, FACS, Herbert C Duber, MD, MPH, Alexander L Greninger, MD, PhD, MS, MPhil, Thuan D Ong, MD, MPH, Stephen C Morris, MD, MPH, Lisa D Chew, MD, MPH, Tom M Haffner, BS, Vicki L Sakata, MD, John B Lynch, MD, MPH

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Invited Commentary: Regional Teamwork Key to Successful COVID-19 Response

Jeannette Capella, MD, MEd, FACS

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Incidence and Risk Factors for Acute Kidney Injury in Severely Injured Patients Using Current Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes Definitions

Brent J Emigh, MD, Saad L Sahi, MD, Lindsey N Teal, MD, Jennifer C Blake, MD, Charlotte H Heron, BSc, Pedro G Teixeira, MD, FACS, Ben Coopwood, MD, FACS, Tatiana C Cardenas, MD, Marc D Trust, MD, Carlos VR Brown, MD, FACS

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Implementation of an Elastomeric Mask Program as a Strategy to Eliminate Disposable N95 Mask Use and Resterilization: Results from a Large Academic Medical Center

Sricharan Chalikonda, MD, MHA, FACS, Hope Waltenbaugh, MSN, RN, CNOR, NE-BC, Sara Angelilli, MSN, RN, CNOR, Tiffany Dumont, DO, Curt Kvasager, MBA, Timothy Sauber, MD, Nino Servello, CRNA, Anil Singh, MD, Rafael Diaz-Garcia, MD, FACS

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Effectiveness of Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation on Postsurgical Nociceptive Pain for Patients Undergoing Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Jinyoung Park, MD, Hyung Sun Kim, MD, Jung Hyun Park, MD, PhD, Yoon Ghil Park, MD, PhD, Sanghoon Shin, MD, Jae Eun Park, MD, Sangwon Hwang, MD, So Young Jun, RN, Joon Seong Park, MD, PhD, FACS

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Impact of Deceased Donor Management on Donor Heart Use and Recipient Graft Survival

Elizabeth A Swanson, PhD, Tony Adams, MD, Madhukar S Patel, MD, MBA, ScM, Salvador De La Cruz, MD, Michael Hutchens, MD, Kiran Khush, MD, MAS, Mitchell B Sally, MD, FACS, Claus U Niemann, MD, Tahnee Groat, MPH, Darren J Malinoski, MD, FACS

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Clinical Decision Support Intervention and Time to Imaging in Older Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Arthur S Nguyen, AB, Simon Yang, BS, MS, Brian V Thielen, BS, Kristina Techar, BS, Regina M Lorenzo, BS, MPH, Cameron Berg, MD, Christopher Palmer, MD, Jon L Gipson, MD, Michaela A West, MD, PhD, FACS, Christopher J Tignanelli, MD

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Safety of Foregoing Operation for Small Bowel Obstruction in the Virgin Abdomen: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jeff Choi, MD, Andrea T Fisher, BS, Bianca Mulaney, MS, MPH, Ananya Anand, MD, Garrison Carlos, MD, Christopher D Stave, MLS, David A Spain, MD, FACS, Thomas G Weiser, MD, MPH, FACS

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Laparoscopic-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Management in Minimally Invasive Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hytham KS Hamid, MRCSEd, Sameh H Emile, MD, Alan A Saber, MD, FACS, Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD, Vasilis Minas, PhD, MRCOG, Thomas E Cataldo, MD, FACS

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Medical Capacity-Building in War-Torn Nations: Kurdistan, Iraq as a Model

Renas Zibari, BS, Thai Lagraff, BS, Quyen D Chu, MD, MBA, FACS, Anand Annamalai, MD, FACS, Sachin “Sunny” Jha, MD, MS, Lou Smith, MD, FACS, Bharat Guthikonda, MD, FACS, Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD, FACS, Gazi B Zibari, MD, FACS

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Selecting the Optimal Level of Clustering: An Approach to Trial Design Decision Making

Graham R McClure, MD, MSc, Emilie P Belley-Cote, MD, Jessica Spence, MD, Shun Fu Lee, PhD, Richard P Whitlock, MD, PhD

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Invited Commentary: Benefits of Cluster Randomization for Surgical Trials and Quality Improvement

Matthew C Chia, MD, Karl Y Bilimoria, MD, MS, FACS

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Comparing Open and Endoscopic Techniques of Debridement for Pancreatic Necrosis

John Alfred Carr, MD, FACS

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There is Utility in Post-Mastectomy Imaging after Breast Reconstruction

Paula B Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI

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Post-Mastectomy Imaging after Breast Reconstruction: In Reply to Gordon

Ronnie L Shammas, MD, Scott T Hollenbeck, MD, FACS

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Spreadsheet Calculator for Medically Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures During and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Edsel Ing, MD, FRCSC, MPH, MIAD, Royce Ing, BSc

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Web-Based Medically Necessary, Time-Sensitive (MeNTS) Procedure Scoring Worksheet: In Reply to Ing and Ing

Vivek Prachand, MD, FACS, Jennifer Tseng, MD, FACS, Ross Milner, MD, FACS, Mitchell Posner, MD, FACS, Jeffrey Matthews, MD, FACS

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Absence of Evidence Is Not the Evidence of Absence: Clinical Consideration when Interpreting Guidelines for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vivian Ip, MBChB, FRCA, Rakesh Sondekoppam, MBBS, MD

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Revisiting the Volume-Outcome Association: It Is Time to Ask the Right Questions

Barret J Halgas, MD, Daniel W Nelson, DO

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Delay and Differential Diagnosis and Screening for Symptoms of COVID-19

Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD

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An Additional Description of Laparoscopic Anatomic Liver Resection of Segment 8 Using Intrahepatic Glissonean Approach: In Reply to Turco and colleagues