This Week in Surgery we will be discussing recently published articles :

Annals of Surgery

An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Graduated Compression Stockings in Addition to Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Inpatients

Novel Application of a Dynamic, In-room Survey Platform to Measure Surgical Team Satisfaction

Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Within and Outside Traditional Selection Criteria: A Multicentric North American Experience

Predicting Long-term Disease-free Survival After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Nationwide Cohort Study

 Journal of American Medical Association  Surgery

Laser Epilation as an Adjunct to Standard Care in Reducing Pilonidal Disease Recurrence in Adolescents and Young AdultsA Randomized Clinical Trial

  British Journal of Surgery

 Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: early follow-up of a randomized controlled study of primary fascial closure before mesh placement 

Nationwide standardization of minimally invasive right hemicolectomy for colon cancer and development and validation of a video-based competency assessment tool (the Right study)

Pancreatic surgery outcomes: multicentre prospective snapshot study in 67 countries 

 Journal of Vascular Surgery

Prevalence of type II endoleak after elective endovascular aneurysm repair with polytetrafluoroethylene- or polyester-based endografts

Symptomatic carotid webs require aggressive intervention

Patients living farther from a tertiary care center are more likely to undergo peripheral arterial bypass for acute and chronic limb-threatening ischemia

 Surgical Endoscopy

Better stoma care using the Stoma App: does it help? A first randomized double-blind clinical trial on the effect of mobile healthcare on quality of life in stoma patients

 Annals of Surgical Oncology

Effect of Preoperative Home-Based Exercise Training on Quality of Life After Lung Cancer Surgery: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

  Obesity Surgery

One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass as Revisional Surgery Following Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  International Journal of Surgery

ICG-augmented hyperspectral imaging for visualization of intestinal perfusion compared to conventional ICG fluorescence imaging: an experimental study

 Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Optimizing Mass Casualty Triage: Using Discrete Event Simulation to Minimize Time to Resuscitation

Effect of Oral Chondroitin Sulfate Supplementation on Acute Brain Injury in a Murine Necrotizing Enterocolitis Model

 Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Do hospital-based emergency Medicaid programs benefit trauma centers? A mixed-methods analysis

 The American Journal of Surgery

Evaluation of coagulopathy in cirrhotic patients: A scoping review of the utility of viscoelastic testing

Automatic 1-year follow-up appointment creation and reminders can improve long-term follow-up after carotid revascularization

Racial disparities in complications following elective colon cancer resection: Impact of laparoscopic versus robotic approaches