2023
The surgical patient of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—a time-trend analysis based on a cohort of 8.7 million surgical patients
Knoedler S, Matar D, Friedrich S, Knoedler L, Haug V, Hundeshagen G, Kauke-Navarro M, Kneser U, Pomahac B, Orgill D, Panayi A. The surgical patient of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—a time-trend analysis based on a cohort of 8.7 million surgical patients. International Journal Of Surgery 2023, 109: 2631-2640. PMID: 37788019, PMCID: PMC10498871, DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical patientsMedian ageMedian BMISurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseACS-NSQIP databaseImprovement Program databaseObesity class IProportion of patientsCohort of patientsPrevalence of diabetesType 2 diabetesGlobal healthcare deliveryFuture surgical careField of surgeryTime trend analysisPatient ageSurgical cohortDiabetes prevalenceProgram databaseSurgical careAmerican CollegeGeneral populationPatients
2016
Rapid-Growing Mycobacteria Infections in Medical Tourists: Our Experience and Literature Review
Singh M, Dugdale C, Solomon I, Huang A, Montgomery M, Pomahac B, Yawetz S, Maguire J, Talbot S. Rapid-Growing Mycobacteria Infections in Medical Tourists: Our Experience and Literature Review. Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2016, 36: np246-np253. PMID: 27095310, DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjw047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMycobacterial infectionRapid-growing mycobacteriaInfectious complicationsCosmetic surgeryUnusual infectious complicationAtypical mycobacterial infectionPatients' medical recordsElective cosmetic surgeryCosmetic surgical patientSurgical drainageSurgical patientsInitial presentationAtypical etiologyMean ageCombination antibioticsComplete resolutionMedical recordsMycobacteria infectionCorrect diagnosisInadequate sterilizationPatientsSurgeryMycobacterium abscessusSterile techniqueInfection