Underlying mechanisms of postoperative pain after laparoscopic surgery

SEJ Golzari, ND Nader, A Mahmoodpoor - JAMA surgery, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor We applaud the Alliance for Global Clinical Training for their role in academic
global surgery, as described by Dr Schecter. 1 Their solution to the problem of surgical …

Faith-based organizations and academic global surgery's moral imperative

RE Davis, EN Hansen, MW Newton - JAMA surgery, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor We applaud the Alliance for Global Clinical Training for their role in academic
global surgery, as described by Dr Schecter. 1 Their solution to the problem of surgical …

Anesthesiologists are integral to value-based surgical care reform

AM Flexman, JXC Ke - JAMA surgery, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor We read the Viewpoint by Pitt and Dossett with great interest. 1 We appreciate
the authors' thoughtful recommendations to deimplement low-value care by reducing care …

Vacuum-assisted biopsy to diagnose a pathological complete response in breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant systemic therapy

J Heil, H Richter, M Golatta, HP Sinn - Annals of Surgery, 2018 - journals.lww.com
To the Editor: We applaud Dr Hill et al for their important work in understanding opioid use
and the extent of unused opioid pills after commonly performed general surgeries. 1 Their …

The modern surgeon scientist

SR DiBrito, CM Holscher, CE Haugen, IL Leeds… - Annals of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
To the Editor: We strongly agree with Dr. Mansukhani et al1 in their recognition of the ''lab
years''during surgical residency as an underutilized time of potential development. Surgeons …

The Occupational Depression Inventory—a solution for breaking the impasse of burnout measurement

R Bianchi, IS Schonfeld - JAMA surgery, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor We have read with great interest the recent commentary in JAMA Surgery on
challenges to professional advancement facing women surgeons. 1 This follows a long …

Valuing patient experience as a unique and intrinsically important aspect of health care quality

RA Price, MN Elliott, AM Zaslavsky - JAMA surgery, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor The recent study by Lyu et al1 found little or no association between patient
satisfaction on Medicare Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and …

Concerns over diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle biopsy in thyroid nodule diagnosis

S Yang, M Tan, X Xu - JAMA surgery, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
To the EditorAs plastic and neurosurgery residents, we read with great interest the article
“Addressing Burnout in Surgery—Where Did the Yabba Dabba Doo Go?” by Lamberton et …

Improving gender equality in the surgical workplace

X Ma, JGY Luc - JAMA surgery, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor We would like to congratulate Dossa et al1 in endeavoring to unveil sex-based
disparities in hourly pay rates among surgeons practicing in the province of Ontario in …

Comments on surgeon-patient sex concordance and postoperative outcomes

MJN Tiako, A Chaitoff, JJ Fitzgerald - JAMA surgery, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor We read with interest the article by Wallis and colleagues, 1 and we commend
the authors for tackling this matter. Here, we offer some observations. First, the sample …