{"title":"Robotic Surgery: Who Benefits More, the Patient, or the Surgeon?","authors":"Thomas Xu, Kevin Bartow, Milot Thaqi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The adoption of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) across multiple specialties has outpaced procedural specific evidence of benefit over laparoscopy. The question we seek to answer is not whether RAS \"works\"- rather whether the purported advantages are primarily for the surgeon or the patient and under what circumstances those advantages justify the added cost and complexity. With the review of randomized, trials, large comparative cohorts, cost analyses, and ergonomic studies, we hope to highlight areas where RAS delivers patient-centered value compared to surgeon benefits. Across many routine operations, with well-performed laparoscopy, patient outcomes are largely equivalent, however operative time, cost, and emerging potential safety concerns highlight the importance of a measured approach to the spread of RAS. There is evidence that RAS does offer some benefits, namely in deep pelvic dissections. Surgical approach should be based on documented outcomes, surgeon proficiency, and surgeon benefits rather than being driven by platform availability alone.</p>","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 5","pages":"403-408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13674956/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Lawsuits Will Continue Until Morale Improves.","authors":"Cory L Andrews","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 5","pages":"390-391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13674964/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Doctors versus The Dogs.","authors":"Norman P Knowlton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 5","pages":"392-395"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13674936/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When Suspicion Is Enough: Missouri Physicians' Mandatory Reporting Obligations for Abuse, Neglect, and Related Harm.","authors":"Kathryn C Horvatits, Lisa M Luetkemeyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 5","pages":"384-389"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13674940/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew A Wheeler, Norbert Richardson, Joshua Landreneau
{"title":"The Great Debate: Metabolic Surgery vs. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in Managing Patients with Obesity and its Related Comorbid Medical Illnesses.","authors":"Andrew A Wheeler, Norbert Richardson, Joshua Landreneau","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity as a chronic disease continues to increase in prevalence despite continual advancements in surgical and medical therapy. Bariatric surgery has been the gold-standard for effective treatment of obesity and its related diseases for multiple decades. However, with the continual introduction of newer and more effective glucagon-like peptide one receptor agonists, the most effective non-surgical therapy to date, the debate has begun about which therapy is more effective in treating patients suffering from chronic obesity. As data continues to emerge, further consideration must be given regarding the use of these modalities as monotherapy or as combination therapy for treating obesity. We will provide arguments for each therapy and make a further argument for multimodal therapy to treat the challenging disease of obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 5","pages":"409-414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13674934/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concept Study: Small Group Strength and Conditioning Training for Physician Burn-Out.","authors":"Amer Avdagic, Stephanie Clookey, Komal Hargovind Ashraf","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This single-armed pilot study evaluated the feasibility and potential benefit for small-group, coach-led strength training for the treatment of physician burnout. The findings suggest a benefit for the treatment, perhaps even the prevention of physician burnout.</p>","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 4","pages":"365-367"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13585003/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"10 Years of Youth Sport Concussion Reporting in Missouri.","authors":"Katherine R Newsham","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Concussions in high school athletics are increasingly studied as a public health issue. Little is known about sport-related concussion among Missouri high school student-athletes. This retrospective analysis of data reported through the Missouri State High School Activities Association aimed to describe trends in participation and clinical incidence of concussion and provide comparisons of similar sports. Over 10 years, 39,953 concussions were reported for 2.16 million participants; the number of concussions increased by 48% during this time. Boys reported twice as many concussions as girls, though when adjusted for participation, girls' sports are often higher than matched boys' sports in concussions per 100 player-seasons. This information should increase awareness and may inform policies moving forward.</p>","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 4","pages":"358-364"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13585004/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of Direct-to-Consumer Home Antibiotic Kits: A Threat to Antimicrobial Stewardship and Patient Safety.","authors":"Hilal Abdessamad, Hadie Islam, Brian K White","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Driven by the global wellness industry, pandemic anxiety, and increasing demand for telehealth, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) market for prescription antibiotic emergency kits has emerged. This review examines the clinical, ethical, and public health risks of stockpiling broad-spectrum antimicrobials for self-administration without guidance from a clinician. This model is a health risk to the individual consumers (adverse effects, drug interactions) and to the entire population (propagating antimicrobial resistance). While these kits are marketed as tools of safety and peace of mind, they represent an unmonitored public health threat. This article concludes with a call to action for regulatory bodies and medical societies to investigate misleading marketing and enforce stricter rules on prescribing antibiotics for future hypothetical illnesses, except in high-risk travel medicine contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 4","pages":"344-350"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13585011/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physician Involvement in Healthcare Litigation: What to Do and What to Expect.","authors":"Liz LaFoe, Scott Martin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74203,"journal":{"name":"Missouri medicine","volume":"123 4","pages":"298-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13584983/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}