The association of hernia-specific and procedural risk factors with early complications in ventral hernia repair: ACHQC analysis.

Background: Many surgical risk assessment tools emphasize patient-specific risk factors. Our objective was to use a hernia-specific database to assess risk factors of complications in ventral hernia repair (VHR) focusing on hernia-specific and procedural factors.

Methods: The ACHQC database was queried for elective VHR in adults from 2012 to 2023.

Laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication: a safe and effective anti-reflux option in lung transplant recipients.

Background: Fundoplication is known to improve allograft outcomes in lung transplant recipients by reducing retrograde aspiration secondary to gastroesophageal reflux disease, a modifiable risk factor for chronic allograft dysfunction. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication has historically been the anti-reflux procedure of choice, but the procedure is associated with discernable rates of postoperative dysphagia and gas-bloat syndrome. Laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication, an alternate anti-reflux surgery with lower rates of foregut complications in the general population, is the procedure of choice on our institution's lung transplant protocol.

Fertility Preservation Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Reported Behaviors of Resident Physicians.

Fertility preservation (FP) and family building are important considerations for quality survivorship for young cancer patients. Resident physicians across all specialties encounter reproductive-aged cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to assess resident physicians' attitudes and awareness about FP with the goal to identify specific educational gaps to direct future training.

The effect of smoking status on inguinal hernia repair outcomes: An ACHQC analysis.

Background: Smoking has been shown to negatively affect surgical outcomes, so smoking cessation prior to elective operations is often recommended. However, the effects of smoking status on inguinal hernia repair outcomes have not been extensively studied. Hence, we investigated the association between smoking status and short-term adverse outcomes following inguinal hernia repair.

When is a lipoma not a lipoma? Case report presenting a lipoblastoma-like tumor of the gluteal cleft in an older gentleman with literature review.

Introduction And Importance: Lipoblastoma-like tumors are rare tumors that can be confused with lipoblastomas and liposarcomas but have distinct characteristics. This tumor has previously been identified in the vulva of females, and recently in isolated cases of young males. Given its rarity, we present an instance of this tumor in an older man, demonstrating that this pathology is not limited to a specific age or sex, and surgeons and pathologists must be aware of it in their differential.

Spinal Tuberculosis Secondary to Intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guerin Treatment for Bladder Cancer.

Intravesical administration of bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is an important component of the gold standard in treating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). However, complications of this treatment include infections caused by the dissemination of . We present a case of a 62-year-old man who had been treated with intravesical BCG for bladder cancer and developed an infection of his vertebral column.