Background: Benign gallstone disease is the most frequent indication for cholecystectomy in
the United States. Many patients present with complicated disease requiring urgent …

Objective Tracheostomies are commonly performed in critically ill patients requiring
prolonged mechanical ventilation. Although early tracheostomy has been associated with …

Background Regional anesthesia for total knee arthroplasty has been deemed high priority
by national and international societies, and its use can serve as a measure of healthcare …

Objective: We assessed the shift from inpatient to outpatient surgical care related to changes
to the Inpatient Only List in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019. Summary Background Data …

Aims Socioeconomic and racial disparities have been recognized as impacting the care of
patients with cancer, however there are a lack of data examining the impact of these …

Objectives: To determine whether (1) early postoperative complications and (2) time to
surgery for operative fixation of fractures distal to the knee differ for Black versus White …

Introduction Addressing the effects of social determinants of health in surgery has become a
national priority. We evaluated the utility of the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) in …

Abstract Purpose of Review Disparities exist in outcome after injury, particularly related to
race, ethnicity, socioeconomics, geography, and age. The mechanisms for this outcome …

Background Racial disparities surrounding the utilization of total hip and total knee
arthroplasty (THA, TKA) are well documented. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a …

Background: Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated race as a predictor of worse
oncological outcomes. To better understand the effect of race on oncological outcomes, we …