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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

October 14, 2009, Vol 302, No. 14
Theme: Surgical Care
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Oh, to Live in an Age When Men Had Breasts . . .
Scott W. Wright, JD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1511-1512.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1402
Outcomes Following Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Title and subTitle BreakA Randomized Trial FREE
Frank A. Lederle, MD; Julie A. Freischlag, MD; Tassos C. Kyriakides, PhD; Frank T. Padberg, MD; Jon S. Matsumura, MD; Ted R. Kohler, MD; Peter H. Lin, MD; Jessie M. Jean-Claude, MD; Dolores F. Cikrit, MD; Kathleen M. Swanson, MS, RPh; Peter N. Peduzzi, PhD; for the Open Versus Endovascular Repair (OVER) Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: abdominal aortic aneurysm, aneurysm, mortality
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1535-1542.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1426
Effect of High Perioperative Oxygen Fraction on Surgical Site Infection and Pulmonary Complications After Abdominal Surgery: Title and subTitle BreakThe PROXI Randomized Clinical Trial FREE
Christian S. Meyhoff, MD, PhD; Jørn Wetterslev, MD, PhD; Lars N. Jorgensen, MD, DMSc; Steen W. Henneberg, MD, DMSc; Claus Høgdall, MD, DMSc; Lene Lundvall, MD; Poul-Erik Svendsen, MD; Hannah Mollerup, MD; Troels H. Lunn, MD; Inger Simonsen, MD; Kristian R. Martinsen, MD; Therese Pulawska, MD; Lars Bundgaard, MD; Lasse Bugge, MD; Egon G. Hansen, MD; Claus Riber, MD; Peter Gocht-Jensen, MD; Line R. Walker, MD; Asger Bendtsen, MD; Gun Johansson, MD; Nina Skovgaard, MD; Kim Heltø, MD; Andrei Poukinski, MD; André Korshin, MD; Aqil Walli, MD; Mustafa Bulut, MD; Palle S. Carlsson, MD, DMSc; Svein A. Rodt, MD, DMSc; Liselotte B. Lundbech, MD; Henrik Rask, MD; Niels Buch, MD; Sharafaden K. Perdawid, MD; Joan Reza, MD; Kirsten V. Jensen, MD; Charlotte G. Carlsen, MD; Frank S. Jensen, MD, PhD; Lars S. Rasmussen, MD, PhD, DMSc; for the PROXI Trial Group
Topics: oxygen, surgical wound infection, abdominal surgery, pulmonary complications
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1543-1550.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1452
Clinician's Corner
Surgeon Recommendations and Receipt of Mastectomy for Treatment of Breast Cancer FREE
Monica Morrow, MD; Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil; Amy K. Alderman, MD; Jennifer J. Griggs, MD, MPH; Sarah T. Hawley, PhD; Ann S. Hamilton, PhD; John J. Graff, PhD; Steven J. Katz, MD, MPH
Includes: CME
Topics: mastectomy, breast cancer
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1551-1556.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1450
Comparative Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive vs Open Radical Prostatectomy FREE
Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH; Xiangmei Gu, MS; Stuart R. Lipsitz, ScD; Michael J. Barry, MD; Anthony V. D’Amico, MD, PhD; Aaron C. Weinberg, MD; Nancy L. Keating, MD, MPH
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: surgical procedures, operative, urinary incontinence, radical prostatectomy, comparative effectiveness research
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1557-1564.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1451
Risks of Complications by Attending Physicians After Performing Nighttime Procedures FREE
Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH; Carol A. Keohane, BSN, RN; Selwyn Rogers, MD, MPH; Roxane Gardner, MD, MPH; Stuart R. Lipsitz, ScD; Claudia A. Salzberg, MS; Tony Yu, MD, MPH; Catherine S. Yoon, MS; Deborah H. Williams, MHA; Matt F. Wien, BS; Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD; David W. Bates, MD, MSc; Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: fatigue, obstetric delivery, operating room, sleep deprivation, surgical procedures, operative, obstetrics, sleep, medical residencies, procedural complication
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1565-1572.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1423
Incidence and Mortality of Hip Fractures in the United States FREE
Carmen A. Brauer, MD, MSc, FRCSC; Marcelo Coca-Perraillon, MA; David M. Cutler, PhD; Allison B. Rosen, MD, MPH, ScD
Includes: Supplemental Content
Topics: hip fractures, mortality
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1573-1579.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1462
Beyond Outcomes—The Appropriateness of Surgical Care
Clara N. Lee, MD, MPP; Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS
Topics: surgical procedures, operative, surgery specialty, appropriateness
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1580-1581.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1465
Functional Status Assessment in the Preoperative Evaluation of Older Adults
Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ
Topics: preoperative medical evaluation, elderly, functional status
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1582-1583.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1453
Multihospital Collaborations for Surgical Quality Improvement
Darrell A. Campbell, MD; E. Patchen Dellinger, MD
Topics: surgical procedures, operative, collaboration, quality improvement
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1584-1585.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1474
Prevalence, Health Care Expenditures, and Orthopedic Surgery Workforce for Musculoskeletal Conditions
Robert H. Haralson, MD, MBA; Joseph D. Zuckerman, MD
Topics: musculoskeletal diseases, surgery specialty, workforce
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1586-1587.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1489
High Inspired Oxygen Fraction and Surgical Site Infection
Thomas K. Hunt, MD; Harriet W. Hopf, MD
Topics: oxygen, surgical wound infection
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1588-1589.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1478
Shared Accountability, Appropriateness, and Quality of Surgical Care
John L. Zeller, MD, PhD; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA
Topics: surgical procedures, operative, appropriateness
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1590-1591.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1495
Computed Tomographic Colonography for Detecting Advanced Neoplasia
Paul Pisarik, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1527-1529.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1435
Computed Tomographic Colonography for Detecting Advanced Neoplasia
Claude Matuchansky, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1527-1529.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1434
Computed Tomographic Colonography for Detecting Advanced Neoplasia—Reply
Emily Finlayson, MD, MS
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1527-1529.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1437
Computed Tomographic Colonography for Detecting Advanced Neoplasia—Reply
Giovanni Galatola, MD; Cristiana Laudi, MD; Daniele Regge, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1527-1529.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1436
Prostate Cancer Screening and Surveillance
C. Stewart Rogers, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1529-1530.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1438
Prostate Cancer Screening and Surveillance—Reply
Martin G. Sanda, MD; Irving D. Kaplan, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1529-1530.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1439
Strategies for Preventing HIV Transmission
Seth Kalichman, PhD; Lisa Eaton, MA
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1530-1532.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1443
Strategies for Preventing HIV Transmission
David R. Holtgrave, PhD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1530-1532.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1442
Strategies for Preventing HIV Transmission—Reply
Carl W. Dieffenbach, PhD; Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1530-1532.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1444
Surgeons Continue to Debate Place of Randomized Trials of Surgical Procedures
Bridget M. Kuehn
Topics: surgical procedures, operative
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1513-1519.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1455
Surgical Tourism: Some US Patients Travel Abroad for Less Costly Surgery
Mike Mitka
Topics: surgical procedures, operative, travel, surgery specialty
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1519-1519.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1454
Experts Say Projected Surgeon Shortage a “Looming Crisis” for Patient Care
Rebecca Voelker
Topics: primary care physicians, education, medical, graduate, health services, knee region, knee joint, specialties, surgical, surgical procedures, operative, united states health resources and services administration, economics, arthroplasty, replacement, surgery specialty, general surgery, workforce
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1520-1521.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1456
Racial Disparities in Total Knee Replacement Among Medicare Enrollees—United States, 2000-2006 FREE
Topics: medicare, knee replacement arthroplasty, racial disparities
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1525-1526.  
High-Risk Insurance Pools
Mike Mitka
Topics: insurance pools
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1522-1522.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1460
Insurance “Purging” Explored
Mike Mitka
Topics: insurance, purging
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1522-1522.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1459
Medical Isotopes
Mike Mitka
Topics: isotopes
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1522-1522.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1458
Medicare Physician Payments
Mike Mitka
Topics: medicare, physician payment
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1522-1522.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1457
Spatial Concept: Expectations
David R. Flum, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1508-1508.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1464
a composition of fractions
Steven Schroeder
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1509-1509.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1368
BOOK NOTICES : A System of Operative Surgery.
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1599-1599.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1379
Operative Treatment of Epilepsy.
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1599-1599.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.14.1599
Tumors of the Breast.
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1599-1599.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1380
Current Surgical Therapy
Daniel J. Kacey, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1593-1598.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1467
Emerging Technologies in Surgery
Hasan B. Alam, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1593-1598.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1469
General Surgery Review
Clifford Ko, MD, MS, MSHS
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1593-1598.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1468
Innovations in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
Thomas A. Mustoe, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1593-1598.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1470
Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Relevant Surgical Exposures
Michael A. Terry, MD
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1593-1598.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1472
Operative Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Katherine K. Hamming, MD; Bevan Yueh, MD
Topics:
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1593-1598.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1471
Perioperative Medicine: Managing for Outcome
Audrey Shafer, MD; Geoffrey K. Lighthall, MD, PhD
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1593-1598.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1473
Incorrect Data in: Comparison of Registered and Published Primary Outcomes in Randomized Controlled Trials
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1532-1532.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1433
Incorrect Footnotes and Omission of Research Group Member in: Chronic Dialysis and Death Among Survivors of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1532-1532.  doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1445
Lung Complications After Surgery FREE
Janet M. Torpy, MD; Cassio Lynm, MA; Richard M. Glass, MD
Topics: lung, surgery specialty
JAMA. 2009;302(14):1610-1610.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.14.1610
About This Journal
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JAMA. 2009;302(14):1503-1504.  doi: 10.1001/jama.302.14.1503

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