ContextThe increasing prevalence and associated sociodemographic disparities of morbid
obesity are serious public health concerns. Bariatric surgical procedures provide greater and …

Context Use of bariatric surgery has increased dramatically during the past 10 years,
particularly among women of reproductive age. Objectives To estimate bariatric surgery rates …

Hemorrhage remains a major cause of preventable death following both civilian and military
trauma. The goals of resuscitation in the face of hemorrhagic shock are restoring end-organ …

The efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy (NT) versus surgery first (SF) for pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains controversial. A random-effects meta-analysis of only …

Background: The utility of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of necrotizing
soft tissue infections (NSTIs) has not been proved. Previous studies have been subject to …

Background As fewer surgeons take emergency general surgery call and hospitals decrease
emergency services, a crisis in access looms in the United States. We examined national …

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare Disparities Report. 1, 2
Epidemiologic data have demonstrated such disparities for several chronic and acute …

Background We aimed to predict practicing surgeon workforce size across ten specialties to
provide an up-to-date, national perspective on future surgical workforce shortages or …

Background Surgeon volume may be an important predictor of quality and cost outcomes.
We evaluated the association between surgeon volume and quality and cost of surgical care …

In the context of political, economic, and scientific anxiety around the ‘epidemic’ rise in obesity
in the US, the social and historical forces engendering the medicalization of obesity have …