JAMA Surgery

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JAMA Surgery is a member of the JAMA Network, a consortium of peer-reviewed, general medical and specialty publications.

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📊 Among patients undergoing #EmergencyGeneralSurgery, hospital verification by the American College of Surgeons was associated with shorter length of stay, lower acute kidney injury, and lower 30-day mortality. ja.ma/4iiOgqQ

jamanetwork.com Improving Quality Through the Emergency General Surgery Verification Program This difference-in-differences cohort study evaluates the association between emergency general surgery verification via the American College of Surgeons Verification Program and hospital length of...

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📝 This review reflects the most recent evidence and recommendations on severity grading, resuscitation, and timing of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and cholecystectomy for patients with #AcuteCholangitis

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Line graph showing the decline in acute cholangitis mortality from 64% prior to the 1970s to near 0% by the 2020s, highlighting key therapeutic milestones like ERCP introduction and Tokyo Guidelines across three medical eras.

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📝 Viewpoint: Postoperative opioid stewardship has focused on quantity, but this article argues that opioid selection also warrants study, with #Buprenorphine as a candidate whose potential advantages are balanced by rescue and regulatory limitations.

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$A JAMA Surgery article titled \"Viewpoint: The Next Question in Postoperative Opioid Stewardship\" by Tucker Bettis, MD, and Snehal G. Patel, MD, published online on November 4, 2026.$

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Among patients undergoing wide excision for #Melanoma, compliance with new Commission on Cancer surgical documentation guidelines improved in 2023, including margin size, excision depth, and use of Commission on Cancer forms. ja.ma/3WnJxeK

jamanetwork.com Compliance With New CoC Surgical Guidelines for Patients With Melanoma This cohort study evaluates how different subspecialties complied with surgical margin size, excision depth, and use of Commission on Cancer (CoC) forms in 2022 vs 2023.