Journal of the American College of Surgeons • July 2021

Make No Assumptions, Give Lots of Tests

David R Farley, MD, FACS

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State-Level Examination of Clinical Outcomes and Costs for Robotic and Laparoscopic Approach to Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair

Sujay Kulshrestha, MD, Haroon M Janjua, MS, Corinne Bunn, MD, Michael Rogers, MD, Christopher DuCoin, MD, FACS, Zaid M Abdelsattar, MD, MS, Fred A Luchette, MD, MS, FACS, Paul C Kuo, MD, MS, MBA, FACS, Marshall S Baker, MD, MBA, FACS

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Outcomes of Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Resection at US News & World Report Top-Ranked vs Non-Ranked Hospitals

Erika Tay, MD, Sahil Gambhir, MD, Stephen Stopenski, MD, Samuel Hohmann, PhD, Brian R Smith, MD, FACS, Shaun Daly, MD, FACS, Marcelo W Hinojosa, MD, FACS, Ninh T Nguyen, MD, FACS

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Association Between Trimester and Outcomes after Cholecystectomy During Pregnancy

Vincent Cheng, MD, Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS, Matthew Ashbrook, MD, Koji Matsuo, MD, PhD, Morgan Schellenberg, MD, FACS, Kenji Inaba, MD, FACS, Kulmeet Sandhu, MD, FACS

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Total Thyroidectomy vs Thyroid Lobectomy for Localized Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Children: A Propensity-Matched Survival Analysis

Kelvin Memeh, MD, MRCS, Brian Ruhle, MD, MS, Salman Alsafran, MD, MS, Tanaz Vaghaiwalla, MD, MS, Edwin Kaplan, MD, FACS, Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS, Xavier M Keutgen, MD, FACS

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Mesh in Elective Hernia Repair: 10-Year Experience with over 6,000 Patients

Mikhail Attaar, MD, Beau Forester, BA, Sebastian Chirayil, MA, Bailey Su, MD, Harry J Wong, MD, Kristine Kuchta, MS, John Linn, MD, FACS, Woody Denham, MD, FACS, Stephen Haggerty, MD, FACS, Michael B Ujiki, MD, FACS

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Teaching Effective Informed Consent Communication Skills in the Virtual Surgical Clerkship

Joyce H Pang, MD, Esme Finlay, MD, Sally Fortner, MD, Bradley Pickett, MD Ming-Li Wang, MD

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Molecular Peritoneal Staging for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Using Mutant KRAS Droplet-Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction: Results of a Prospective Clinical Trial

Jennifer A Yonkus, MD, Roberto Alva-Ruiz, MD, Amro M Abdelrahman, MBBS, Jennifer L Leiting, MD, Amber R Schneider, BS, Travis E Grotz, MD, Sean P Cleary, MD, FACS, Rory L Smoot, MD, FACS, David M Nagorney, MD, FACS, Michael L Kendrick, MD, FACS, Benjamin R Kipp, PhD, Mark J Truty, MS, MD, FACS

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Preliminary Analysis of Liquid Biopsy after Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases

Meredith C Mason, MD, Ching-Wei D Tzeng, MD, FACS, Hop S Tran Cao, MD, FACS, Thomas A Aloia, MD, FACS, Timothy E Newhook, MD, Michael J Overman, MD, Scott E Kopetz, MD, PhD, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, FACS, Yun Shin Chun, MD, FACS

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Is Improved Survival in Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer Worth the Extra Cost at High-Volume Centers?

Lauren M Perry, MD, Sarah B Bateni, MD, Richard J Bold, MD, MBA, FACS, Jeffrey S Hoch, PhD

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Survival after Margin-Positive Resection in the Era of Modern Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Do Patients Still Benefit?

Amanda K Arrington, MD, MHM, FACS, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, PhD, Kenzie L Schaefer, BS, Catherine L O’Grady, MPH, Mohammad Khreiss, MD, Taylor S Riall, MD, PhD, FACS

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Novel Method of Evaluating Liver Transplant Surgery Fellows Using Objective Measures of Operative Efficiency and Surgical Outcomes

Jennifer Yu, MD, MPHS, Neeta Vachharajani, BS, Ola Ahmed, MD, Meranda D Scherer, RNSA, Sarah C Matson, PA-C, MMS, Jason R Wellen, MD, FACS, Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD, William C Chapman, MD, FACS, Maria B Doyle, MD, Adeel S Khan, MD, MPH, FACS

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A Leg to Stand on: Trauma Center Designation and Association with Rate of Limb Salvage in Patients Suffering Severe Lower Extremity Injury

Corinne Bunn, MD, Sujay Kulshrestha, MD, Bianca Di Chiaro, MD, Uma Maduekwe, MD, Zaid M Abdelsattar, MD, MS, Marshall S Baker, MD, MBA, FACS, Fred A Luchette, MD, MSc, FACS, Sonya Agnew, MD

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Open vs Endovascular Treatment of Traumatic Peripheral Arterial Injury: Propensity Matched Analysis

Samer Asmar, MD, Letitia Bible, MD, Omar Obaid, MD, Andrew Tang, MD, FACS, Muhammad Khurrum, MD, Lourdes Castanon, MD, FACS, Michael Ditillo, MD, FACS, Bellal Joseph, MD, FACS

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Access to Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Does Candidate Age Matter?

Ola Ahmed, MD, Neeta Vachharajani, BS, Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, Yikyung Park, ScD, Adeel S Khan, MD, FACS, William C Chapman, MD, FACS, Majella B Doyle, MD, FACS

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Can Gasless Laparoscopy Be an Alternative to Conventional Laparoscopy in Low-to Middle- Income Countries? A Practical Quandary

Niroop BS, MBBS, Manoj Kumar, MS, Manoj Kumar, MS, DNB, FRCS, FACS, FIAGES

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Use and Cost-Effectiveness of Gasless Laparoscopy: The Road Ahead

Anurag Mishra, MS, FACS, Lovenish Bains, MS, FACS, Jesudian Gnanaraj, MS, MCh, Noel Aruparayil, MD

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The Making of a Surgeon: Time to Retool the Resident Experience

Patrick A Cleary, MD, PhD, FACS

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Virtual Interviews: An Imperfect Solution to Address Inequity

Caleb Haley, BS, Shane D Morrison, MD, MS, Paris D Butler, MD, MPH, FACS

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Mitigating Concerns over Virtual Interviews for Surgical Residencies and Fellowships: In Reply to Haley and colleagues

Andrew S Wright, MD, FACS

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I Am Not Comfortable with This: Application to Scope of Practice

John F Maher, MD, FACS

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Nationwide Subanalysis of Patient Profile for Same-Admission vs Post-Discharge Interval Cholecystectomy after Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tube Placement: In Reply to Sakamoto and Lefor

Arturo J Rios-Diaz, MD, Steven G Woodward, MD, Richard Zheng, MD, Connor McPartland, BS, Renee Tholey, MD, FACS, Talar Tatarian, MD, Francesco Palazzo, MD, FACS

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Optimal Timing for Interval Cholecystectomy Is Not Dependent Only on Incidence of Intraoperative Complication

Takashi Sakamoto, MD, MPH, Alan Kawarai Lefor, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS

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Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Addresses Inaccuracies in Critique of Guideline for Surgical Attire

Lisa Spruce, DNP, RN, ACNP, CNOR, CNS-CP, ACNS, FAAN

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Debunking the Myth on Surgical Site Infection: In Reply to Spruce

Wendy Jo Svetanoff, MD, MPH, Shawn D St Peter, MD, FACS

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Analyses Focused on Organisms Would Enhance the Value of Detecting Occult Bacteremia

Siyuan Yao, MD, PhD, FACS, Shintaro Yagi, MD, PhD, FACS

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