I read with great interest the paper by Columbo et al1 on Medicare carotid stenting
coverage changes. Using Truveta data, the study found that, after the October 2023
policy expansion, transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TFCAS) use rose only 2.1%,
whereas…

Söderberg et al1 evaluated targeted abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening among
women at high risk with a smoking history. The authors demonstrate that a selective
screening strategy increases AAA detection while reducing the number of examinations
performed…

We appreciate the opportunity to reply to Dr Chen and Dr Ye's letter that highlighted
three concerns regarding our work. We thank them for their interest in our article.1
We offer the following reply to their concerns.

Despite all the advances in endovascular techniques, carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
remains the standard intervention for carotid stenosis. The refinement of intra- and
post-operative care increasingly aims to increasingly minimize the risks associated
with…

Over the past 2 decades, cancer care has become increasingly sophisticated, centralized, and multidisciplinary. These changes have improved outcomes for many patients, but as Sakowitz and colleagues1 report, timeliness is emerging as an important dimension…

This cohort study investigates the association of weight loss after bariatric surgery and preoperative use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs).

This study examines trends in inpatient surgical costs from 2016 through 2022.

This diagnostic/prognostic study compares distributions of patient characteristics and procedure groups year-to-year to develop and validate a comprehensive surgical complication list aligning codes from the ICD-9 and ICD-10 and definitions from the National…

This cohort study uses the US National Cancer Database to evaluate national trends and predictors of delays from diagnosis to initiation of first-course therapy among patients ultimately undergoing cancer surgery.

Before the 1960s, platelet transfusions were commonly stored at 4 °C (cold-stored platelets [CSPs]) and used primarily for the treatment of active bleeding, with relatively little attention paid to posttransfusion platelet survival.1 In the late 1960s and…

Ramesh and coauthors1 shared a brief examination and evaluation of the results from the Consolidated Appropriations Acts (CAA) 20212 and 2023,3 which when fully awarded, will raise the number of Medicare-funded graduate medical education (GME) residency positions…

Patel et al1 performed a meta-analysis of 85 randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comprising 16 980 adult patients in whom prophylactic incisional negative pressure wound therapy (piNPWT) was applied to primarily closed surgical incisions and compared with standard…

While extensive high-quality data have driven rapid advances in breast cancer management over the last few decades, the management of atypical benign proliferative lesions has remained largely controversial with constraints of limited prospective data and…

In the era of minimally invasive surgery, postoperative intra-abdominal adhesions are still one of the most common complications in mid- and long-term follow-up. Since 2010, there is evidence that the laparoscopic approach is associated with lower rates of…

This diagnostic/prognostic study uses postoperative wound photographs to develop and externally validate a deep learning model to detect wounds suggestive of surgical site infections.

Interest in neoadjuvant chemoradiation was fueled by a trial demonstrating chemoradiation to provide for survival advantage over upfront surgery.1 Almost all trials since then have indicated that it was chemotherapy and not radiation responsible for the improved…

It is long overdue for enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) approaches to be adopted by pediatric perioperative teams. Now a global standard in adults, ERAS was introduced in the early 2000s to target perioperative physiologic stresses. Over the last 25…

The article by Sumra et al1 reports several important findings. In their survey of fellows and associate fellows of the American College of Surgeons, surgeons reported working an average of 68.1 scheduled hours per week and working outside scheduled hours…

The 2018 MISSION ACT for expanding access for Veterans to receive care outside of
the VA healthcare system has resulted in a significant increase in Vascular Surgery
Community Care referrals and cost, especially for endovascular procedures, over time.
We…