Defining the Clinical Informatics Knowledge Gap in General Surgery: Evaluation of Resident Experience and Perspectives.

Objective: Despite the growing prominence of clinical informatics (CI) in surgical practice, general surgery residents receive limited formal training in this field. We aimed to define key educational opportunities by assessing general surgery resident knowledge, perceptions, and experience in CI.

Design: Survey study assessing resident demographics, prior informatics experience, perception of CI's importance in key areas of surgical practice, and interest in informatics education topics.

Preoperative computed tomography for acutely incarcerated ventral or inguinal hernia.

Background: The utility of preoperative computed tomography for urgent abdominal wall hernia repair is unclear. This study tests the hypothesis that there is no difference in patient outcomes for acutely incarcerated ventral or inguinal hernias diagnosed by preoperative computed tomography versus clinical assessment alone.

Methods: This retrospective cohort analysis included 270 adult patients undergoing urgent repair of ventral or inguinal hernia.