Background Although length of stay (LOS) after colorectal surgery (CRS) is associated with
worse patient and system level outcomes, the impact of surgeon and hospital-level factors …

Background Considerable gaps in knowledge remain regarding the intersectionality
between race, insurance status, rurality, and community-level socioeconomic status that …

Background A total of 18%–30% of Canadians live in a rural area and are served by 8% of
the country's general surgeons. The demographic characteristics of Canada's population …

Background The situation for patients with ostomy can be challenging, probably more in a
resourceconstrained environment. Our objective was to evaluate quality of life (QoL)(using …

Abstract Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain prevalent after ventral hernia
repair (VHR). In 2013–2014, a safety-net academic hospital initiated a two-pronged quality …

Introduction Studies regarding patients who have underwent colectomy reported
contradictory post-surgical complications based on their living areas. Due to the conflicting …

Creation and reversal of an ostomy are common procedures in colorectal surgery, and
problems related to these surgeries are still in many aspects unsolved and affect people's …

Background: Safety-net hospitals serve vulnerable populations; however, care delivery may
be of lower quality. Microvascular immediate breast reconstruction, relative to other breast …

BACKGROUND: Online physician rating Web sites are used by over half of consumers to
select doctors. No studies have examined physician rating Web sites for colon and rectal …

Colorectal surgery is an established super specialty in most parts of the world. However, in
India, this is yet to be recognized as a separate super specialty. Colorectal surgery has a …