Explore the latest in surgery from The JAMA Network, including education and training, surgical quality and safety, minimally invasive techniques, global surgery, and more.
This cohort study uses data from several large databases to examine the association between hospital financial distress and immediate breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy among women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ.
This multicenter longitudinal study examines long-term weight change and health status following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
This Medical News article discusses the top-viewed article of the past year from each JAMA Network journal.
This 2 × 2 factorial trial compared the effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) vs placebo and of supervised treadmill exercise vs education control on 6-minute walk distance at 12 weeks in patients with peripheral artery disease.
This cohort study determines if overlapping surgery is associated with greater risk for complications following surgical treatment for hip fracture and arthritis.
This population-based study compares the use of coronary artery stenting in elderly patients between the years before and after publication of the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs Stenting Trial (CREST).
This Viewpoint proposes a strategy to reduce the underimmunization of pediatric transplant recipients.
This cohort study evaluates the surgical outcomes of bony batten grafting for the management of caudal septal deviation in patients undergoing endonasal septoplasty.
This cohort study investigates the postoperative success of an algorithmic external levator aponeurosis resection technique in patients with aponeurotic ptosis and good levator function.
This study describes the reconstruction of the philtrum in the cross-lip flap transfer using nasolabial muscle tension line group reconstruction.
This population-based study examines the change in the rates of inferior cava filter placement in US inpatients from 2005 to 2014.
This cohort study assesses the association of lymph node density—the ratio of the number of positive lymph nodes to the total number of nodes excised—with survival in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.
This review of 304 carpal tunnel release procedures examines the necessity of stopping antithrombotic medications prior to carpal tunnel release surgery.
This study evaluates whether thyroidectomy-specific outcomes vary among hospitals, whether the addition of thyroidectomy-specific variables affects risk adjustment, and whether differences in hospital performance are associated with thyroidectomy-specific care processes.