Annals of surgery
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Historical Article
American Exceptionalism and the American Surgical Association: The Rise of Surgery in the United States.
To explore use of the notion of American exceptionalism by fellows of the American Surgical Association (ASA) (1880 through World War I) and how this proved instrumental in the rise of surgery in the United States. ⋯ Use of the concept of American exceptionalism by fellows of the ASA was a key factor in the development of surgery in the United States.
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, a national program that introduced financial penalties for high readmission rates for certain medical conditions, had a "spillover" effect on surgical conditions. ⋯ Surgical readmission rates have fallen during the past decade and rates of decline have increased during the HRRP period.
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To develop and validate a scoring tool capable of accurately predicting which patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) will progress to dysplasia and/or esophageal adenocarcinoma. ⋯ Our data show the development and internal validation of the Barrett's Esophagus Assessment of Risk Score as capable of quantifying the likelihood of progression to dysplasia/adenocarcinoma. The Barrett's Esophagus Assessment of Risk Score can be used clinically to guide treatment decisions in nondysplastic BE patients.
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Comment Letter
Postprandial Hypoglycemia After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.