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Looking Forward – July 2020(0)
Dr. Hoyt’s Looking forward column—which serves as the cover story this month—outlines leadership strategies for meeting the challenges of two public health crises of our time: the COVID-19 pandemic and racism.
Letters to the Editor
The following comments were received regarding the need for enhanced gender equity in surgical training and practice.
Virtual acute care for older patients reduces hospital length of stay
A quality improvement initiative implemented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham improved patient mobility and decreased hospital length of stay for an older surgical patient population.
Ga-68 imaging changes clinical management of GI and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Ga-68 positron emission tomography has improved the clinical management of gastrointestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and multiple studies are ongoing to define its optimal role in clinical practice.
Neoadjuvant and perioperative chemotherapy for localized pancreatic cancer: Leveraging small and large databases in the absence of Level 1 evidence
In the rapidly evolving clinical paradigms for localized pancreatic cancer, a combination of Level 1 data and large and small database studies can inform disease management.
More in this category
- Recommendations pour in as surgeons navigate COVID-19 pandemic
- ACS offers opportunities for increased specialty resident participation in the College
- German influences on U.S. surgery and the founding of the ACS
- Looking forward – April 2020
- Databases: Where math meets medicine
- Letters to the Editor
- Early-stage prostate cancer decision aids for diverse patient populations
- Keep calm and stay out of the ICU: A comprehensive approach to reducing unplanned ICU admissions
- Improving professionalism among physicians and surgeons
- Looking forward – March 2020
- Letters to the Editor
- Postoperative pain and nausea protocols decrease LOS without increasing readmissions after laparoscopic gastric bypass
- What is the National Clinical Trials Network, and how do I join?
- Joint Commission resources available to detect, prevent workplace violence
- Caring for the Hiroshima Maidens
