Annals of surgery
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The aim of this study was to discuss patient history and subjective findings at physical examination in a large case series to validate a proposed comprehensive set of major and minor diagnostic criteria. ⋯ A combination of typical findings in history and physical examination, combined with a positive modified rectus sheath block, may allow for diagnosing ACNES in patients with chronic abdominal pain.
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Diverse teams have proven their ability to reach superior performance and improve patients' outcomes. Nevertheless, differences in race, gender, age, nationality, skills, education, and experience act as powerful barriers to diversity and inclusion, which negatively impacts multiple healthcare organizations and limit the potential outcome of diverse teams. Knowledge Translation (KT) can help to bridge the gaps among all the various individuals involved, whether they be members of the surgical team or surgical patients.
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To model the risk of admitting silent COVID-19-infected patients to surgery with subsequent risk of severe pulmonary complications and mortality. ⋯ The model highlights a considerable risk of admitting patients with silent COVID-19 to surgery with an associated risk for adverse perioperative outcomes and deaths. Strategies to avoid excessive complications and deaths after surgery during the pandemic are needed.
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To compare the complexity of operations performed by female versus male surgeons. ⋯ Female surgeons perform less complex cases than their male peers, even after accounting for subspecialty and seniority. These sex differences are not due to availability from competing professional or familial obligations. Future work should focus on determining the cause and mitigating this underemployment of female surgeons.