JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5708
Daan J Comes, Philip R de Reuver
{"title":"Not Time to Abandon Cholecystectomy for Symptomatic Cholelithiasis-Reply.","authors":"Daan J Comes, Philip R de Reuver","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5708","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5698
Jason M Johanning
{"title":"Surgical Frailty and Health Care Utilization-The Chicken or the Egg.","authors":"Jason M Johanning","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5698","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5705
Chase J Wehrle, Abby Gross, R Matthew Walsh
{"title":"Not Time to Abandon Cholecystectomy for Symptomatic Cholelithiasis.","authors":"Chase J Wehrle, Abby Gross, R Matthew Walsh","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5705","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5765
Francisco Schlottmann, Fernando A M Herbella, Marco G Patti
{"title":"Management of Paraesophageal Hernia-Still a Controversial Topic.","authors":"Francisco Schlottmann, Fernando A M Herbella, Marco G Patti","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5765","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5654
Sara L Zettervall, Chen Dun, Jesse A Columbo, Bernardo C Mendes, Phillip P Goodney, Andres Schanzer, Marc L Schermerhorn, Martin A Makary, James H Black, Caitlin W Hicks
{"title":"Fenestrated and Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair and Mortality at Hospitals Without Investigational Device Trials.","authors":"Sara L Zettervall, Chen Dun, Jesse A Columbo, Bernardo C Mendes, Phillip P Goodney, Andres Schanzer, Marc L Schermerhorn, Martin A Makary, James H Black, Caitlin W Hicks","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5654","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5654","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repairs (F/BEVAR) have been adopted by many centers. However, national trends of F/BEVAR use remain unclear, particularly at sites who perform them without an US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA)-approved investigational device exemption (IDE).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To quantify the use of F/BEVAR in the US and to determine if mortality was different at IDE vs non-IDE sites.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective cohort study examined 100% fee-for-service Medicare claims data from 2016 to 2023. Participants were patients who underwent endovascular treatment of the visceral aorta incorporating 2 or more visceral artery endoprostheses. Hospitals with vs without an IDE were identified using hospitals' Employer Identification Number as a time varying exposure.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>F/BEVAR.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Trends in the center-level F/BEVAR case volume stratified by IDE status were assessed using cumulative incidence curves. Mortality outcomes at 30 days and 3 years were compared using Kaplan-Meier methods and Cox proportional hazards models with adjustment for baseline patient characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 2016 to 2023, 8017 patients were treated with F/BEVAR at 549 hospitals. The median (IQR) age was 75.8 (71.3-80.8) years; 5795 patients (72.3%) were male and 2222 (27.7%) female. A total of 2226 F/BEVAR (27.8%) were performed at 22 hospitals with an IDE. The number of patients treated with F/BEVAR increased from 771 in 2016 to 1251 in 2023. The median (IQR) annual case volume per hospital was significantly higher at IDE sites (22.3 [11.0-30.4] vs 1.2 [1.0-2.0] cases/y; P < .001); 18 IDE sites (90.0%) and 20 non-IDE sites (3.7%) completed 9 or more cases per year. The 30-day mortality (3.0% vs 4.9%) but not 3-year mortality (26.0% vs 27.1%) was lower for patients treated at hospitals with vs without an IDE. After risk adjustment, both 30-day (odds ratio, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.32-0.69) and midterm mortality (hazard ratio, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.69-0.95) were lower for patients treated at IDE sites.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>The use of F/BEVAR is increasing across the United States, with the majority of cases being performed outside of IDE studies and at low-volume centers. F/BEVAR performed at non-IDE centers are associated with higher adjusted 30-day and midterm mortality. Transparent outcome reporting and identification of process measures from IDE sites may help achieve more equity in patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5697
Luise I Pernar
{"title":"A New Look at a Tenacious Problem-Resident Work-Hour Violations.","authors":"Luise I Pernar","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5697","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5518
J. Jeffery Reeves, Nicole Goldhaber, Hannah Hollandsworth, Kristin Cox, Ana Maria Dumitru, Beiqun Zhao, Christopher A. Longhurst, Jennifer Berumen, Allison E. Berndtson, Garth Jacobsen, Bryan Clary
{"title":"Leveraging Lean Methodology to Improve Compliance With Work-Hour Restrictions","authors":"J. Jeffery Reeves, Nicole Goldhaber, Hannah Hollandsworth, Kristin Cox, Ana Maria Dumitru, Beiqun Zhao, Christopher A. Longhurst, Jennifer Berumen, Allison E. Berndtson, Garth Jacobsen, Bryan Clary","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5518","url":null,"abstract":"ImportanceSince work-hour restrictions were instituted in 2003, sustainably complying with duty-hour regulations remains a challenge for general surgery residency programs across the nation.ObjectiveTo determine whether industry-based process improvement techniques could be leveraged to increase compliance with work-hour restrictions within a general surgery residency.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis quality improvement project using Lean methodology was conducted from October to November of the 2021 to 2022 academic year. The setting was a university-based general surgery residency program in southern California with rotations across 5 regional hospitals. The program trains 7 categorical general surgery residents per postgraduate year (PGY) and offers an optional 1 to 3 years for research and career development.InterventionsProgrammatic structures were examined, current and target states were analyzed, opportunities for improvement were identified, root-cause analyses were conducted, and targeted interventions were developed.Main Outcomes and MeasuresResident time logs and annual Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident and faculty surveys were reviewed from academic years 2019/2020 to 2022/2023. Attending faculty were surveyed on resident preparedness using a 5-point Likert scale. Differences between means and proportions were calculated with corresponding 95% CIs.ResultsThe web-based survey responses of 29 residents (residents per PGY, 7 [PGY1], 14 [PGY2/3], 8 [PGY4/5]; 17 female [54.7%]) were included in this study. Root causes included maxed baseline schedules, late in shift work, culture, service variability, clinical volume, and inefficient workflows. Fifteen multifactorial interventions impacting call and weekend scheduling, work practices and efficiencies, intern and service orientations, and faculty and cultural expectations were implemented. The mean number of residents per block who logged more than 80 hours per week decreased by 3.6 violations per block (95% CI, 2.98-4.22), from 4.4 (12.4%) to 0.8 (2.2%) for a difference of 10.2% (95% CI, 8.4%-16.2%). On the annual resident survey, perceived compliance with 80 hours was 72%, 83%, 83%, and 88%, respectively, over the following study periods: 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021, 2021 to 2022, and 2022 to 2023. Faculty perception of resident preparedness for the case increased from a mean (SD) of 2.6 (0.8) to 3.0 (0.5), with a difference of 0.47 (95% CI, −0.52 to 0.68). There were no statistically significant differences in technical skill, clinical judgment, sense of responsibility, efficiency, or sense of well-being.Conclusions and RelevanceResults of this quality improvement study suggest that through Lean methodology, surgical residency programs can improve working environments. This novel approach can increase compliance with resident work hours by engaging front line trainees in the process.","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":"98 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4797
Mahmoud B. Malas
{"title":"US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Policy Shift","authors":"Mahmoud B. Malas","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4797","url":null,"abstract":"This Viewpoint discusses recent changes in US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services policy changes for transfemoral carotid artery stenting in all patients.","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2343
Nicholas J Douville, Miklos D Kertai, Kyle H Sheetz
{"title":"Expanding the All of Us Research Platform Into the Perioperative Domain.","authors":"Nicholas J Douville, Miklos D Kertai, Kyle H Sheetz","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA surgeryPub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5499
Richard Ramsingh, Mariana Kawalet, Joshua E Insler, Jules J Bakhos, Abhishek Sharma, Penny L Houghtaling, Marijan Koprivanac, Patrick R Vargo, Michael Z Tong, Haytham Elgharably, Edward G Soltesz, Nicholas G Smedira, Eric E Roselli, Shinya Unai, Gösta B Pettersson, Eugene H Blackstone, A Marc Gillinov, Lars G Svensson, Faisal G Bakaeen
{"title":"Reoperative Interval and Perioperative Mortality Risk in Cardiac Surgery.","authors":"Richard Ramsingh, Mariana Kawalet, Joshua E Insler, Jules J Bakhos, Abhishek Sharma, Penny L Houghtaling, Marijan Koprivanac, Patrick R Vargo, Michael Z Tong, Haytham Elgharably, Edward G Soltesz, Nicholas G Smedira, Eric E Roselli, Shinya Unai, Gösta B Pettersson, Eugene H Blackstone, A Marc Gillinov, Lars G Svensson, Faisal G Bakaeen","doi":"10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5499","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14690,"journal":{"name":"JAMA surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}