Journal of the American College of Surgeons • August 2021

Women as Authors of Randomized Controlled Trials of Minimally Invasive Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 3 Decades of Trials

Rashid K Sayyid, MD, MSc, Soum D Lokeshwar, MD, MBA, Amy N Luckenbaugh, MD, Mary E Hall, MD, Caitlin E Jones, MD, Diana E Magee, MD, Amanda E Hird, MD, Martha K Terris, MD, FACS, Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc, Christopher JD Wallis, MD, PhD, FRCSC

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Invited Commentary: Disparity in Sex of Surgical Journal Author Contributions

Diana Farmer, MD, FACS, Lindsey Young, BS

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Applying the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) Framework to Safe Surgery 2020 Implementation in Tanzania’s Lake Zone

Shehnaz Alidina, SD, MPH, Noor Zanial, MSc, John G Meara, MD, DMD, MBA, FACS, David Barash, MD, Ladislaus Buberwa, Bwire Chirangi, MSc, MPH, Augustino Hellar, MD, MBA, Steve Kisakye, MD, Adelina Mazhiqi, MD, William Mnyonyela, Meck P Nyanda, MD, Cheri Reynolds, JD, Florian Tinuga, MD, MPH, Ntuli A Kapologwe, MD, PhD, Sarah Maongezi, MD, MPH

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Invited Commentary: Applying an Implementation Science Framework to Surgical Research and Practice in Tanzania

Nadia A Sam-Agudu, MD, CTropMed

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Using NSQIP Data to Reduce Institutional Postoperative Pneumonia Rates in Non-ICU Patients: A Plan-Do-Study-Act Approach

Daniel M Alligood, MD, Daniel Albo, MD, FACS, PhD, Steffen E Meiler, MD, Sarah MI Cartwright, DNP, RN-BC, FASPAN, Allen Kelly, MHA, BSN, Hongyan Xu, PhD, Muhammad Saeed, MD, FACS

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Invited Commentary: Organized, Persistent, and Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Measures Are Effective and Reproducible

Jesse Codner, MD, Jyotirmay Sharma, MD, FACS

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Committed to Better Outcomes: Reducing Infection after Surgery Across the Ontario Surgical Quality Improvement Network

Timothy D Jackson, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS, Tricia Beath, PT, MHA, Nancy Ahmad, BSc, Pierrette Price Arsenault, BA, Azusa Maeda, PhD, David Schramm, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, Husein Moloo, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, Avery Nathens, MD, MPH, PhD, FRCSC, FACS

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Invited Commentary: Looking Beyond Healthcare-Acquired Infection: How Can Collaboratives Enable Highly Reliable Care?

Chelsea P Fischer, MD, MS, Elizabeth C Wick, MD, FACS

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Helping the Surgeon Recover: Peer-to-Peer Coaching after Bile Duct Injury

Alice Zhu, HBSc, Shirley Deng, BHSc, Brittany Greene, MD, Melanie Tsang, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Vanessa N Palter, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Shiva Jayaraman, MD, MESc, FRCSC, FACS

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Invited Commentary: Coaching for Bile Duct Injury

Eric Knauer, MD, FACS

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Immunosuppression and Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Infection Risk in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patients

Elisa Morales-Marroquin, PhD, Luyu Xie, PharmD, Madhuri Uppuluri, MS, Jaime P Almandoz, MD, Nestor de la Cruz-Mun˜oz, MD, FACS, Sarah E Messiah, PhD, MPH

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Invited Commentary: Exploring the Connection Between Clostridium difficile Infection, Choice of Bariatric Surgery Procedure, and Immunosuppression

John Morton, MD, MPH

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Increased Use of Prehospital Tourniquet and Patient Survival: Los Angeles Countywide Study

Reynold Henry, MD, MPH, Kazuhide Matsushima, MD, FACS, Cameron Ghafil, MD, Rachel N Henry, BA, Hailey Theeuwen, MD, Adam C Golden, MD, MPH, Tiffany M Abramson, MD, Kenji Inaba, MD, FACS

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Invited Commentary: A Growing Body of Evidence Supports the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed Program

Eileen M Bulger, MD, FACS

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Does ATLS Training Work? 10-Year Follow-Up of ATLS India Program

Amulya Rattan, MS, MCh, Amit Gupta, MS, FACS, Subodh Kumar, MS, FACS, Sushma Sagar, MS, FACS, Suresh Sangi, BSc, Neerja Bannerjee, MD, Radhesh Nambiar, MS, Vinod Jain, MS, FACS, Parli Ravi, MD, Mahesh C Misra, MS, FRCS (Glasg), FACS, FAMS, FCLS, Hon FRCS

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Advanced Modular Manikin and Surgical Team Experience During a Trauma Simulation: Results of a Single-Blinded Randomized Trial

Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, FSSH, Rajesh Aggarwal, MBBS, MA(Cantab), PhD, FRCS, FACS, Robert M Rush Jr, MD, FACS, Gyusung Lee, PhD, Patrice G Blair, MPH, David Hananel, Yoon Soo Park, PhD, Robert M Sweet, MD, FACS, Gordon G Wisbach, MD, MBA, FACS, CAPT, MC, USN, Ajit K Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME

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Invited Commentary: Educational Research and Scholarship Leading to Innovation

John T Paige, MD, FACS

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Transplant Surgery Pipeline: A Report from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Pipeline Taskforce

Ralph C Quillin III, MD, Alexander R Cortez, MD, Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPH, FACS, Anthony Watkins, MD, FACS, Kelly M Collins, MD, FACS, Jacqueline Garonzik- Wang, MD, PhD, Jamie M Glorioso, MD, Amit D Tevar, MD, Jean C Emond, MD, FACS, Dorry L Segev, MD, PhD

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Genomic Sequencing and Insight into Clinical Heterogeneity and Prognostic Pathway Genes in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, MD, PhD, Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP, Lawrence Kwong, PhD, Lianchun Xiao, MS, Jeffrey S Morris, PhD, Hop S Tran Cao, MD, FACS, Ching-Wei D Tzeng, MD, FACS, Yun Shin Chun, MD, FACS, Jeffrey E Lee, MD, FACS, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, FACS

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Reconstruction in Women with T4 Breast Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: When Is It Safe?

Kate R Pawloski, MD, Andrea V Barrio, MD, FACS, Mary L Gemignani, MD, MPH, FACS, Varadan Sevilimedu, MBBS, DrPH, Tiana Le, BS, Joseph Dayan, MD, Monica Morrow, MD, FACS, Audree B Tadros, MD, MPH, FACS

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Evidence Review for the American College of Surgeons Quality Verification Part II: Processes for Reliable Quality Improvement

Chelsea P Fischer, MD, MS, Q Lina Hu, MD, MS, Annie B Wescott, MLIS, Melinda Maggard- Gibbons, MD, FACS, MSHS, David B Hoyt, MD, FACS, Clifford Y Ko, MD, FACS, MSHS, MS

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Invited Commentary: Quality Verification Enhanced a Tertiary Care Hospital’s Response to COVID-19

James Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Steven Newton, MPH, FACHE

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Obtaining Consent in the Preoperative Area: We Can Do Better

Sean C Wightman, MD, Baddr A Shakhsheer, MD

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Call to Action on the Categorization of Sex, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Surgical Research

Jeffry Nahmias, MD, MHPE, FACS, Tanya L Zakrison, MD, MPH, MHSc, FACS, Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, FACS, Onaona Gurney, MD, FACS, Bellal Joseph, MD, FACS, Kimberly Hendershot, MD, FACS, Mira Ghneim, MD, MS, FACS, Anne Stey, MD, FACS, Mark H Hoofnagle, MD, PhD, FACS, Zinzi Bailey, ScD, MSPH, Rishi Rattan, MD, FACS, Joseph B Richardson, PhD, Ariel P Santos, MD, MPH, FACS, Ben Zarzaur, MD, MPH, FACS

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Invited Commentary: Words Do Matter: Improving Surgical Research Through Appropriate Use of Sex, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Terminology

Susan C Pitt, MD, MPHS

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Surgical Scrubbing and Attire in the Operating Room and ICU: A Multicultural Guide

Rewan Abdelwahab, BA, Aisha Aden, BS, Brenda Bearden, DHA, MSN, RN, Alaa Sada, MD, J Michael Bostwick, MD

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Invited Commentary: Steps to a Culturally Conscious Workspace in the Modern Surgical Era

Shushmita M Ahmed, MD, Mary T Hawn, MD, MPH, FACS

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