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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Sherry M. Wren, M.D., call Michelle L. Brandt at 650-723-0272 or email mbrandt@stanford.edu. To contact commentary author Catherine E. Lewis, M.D., call Roxanne Yamaguchi Moster at 310-794-2264 or email RMoster@mednet.ucla.edu or call Enrique Rivero at 310-794-2273 or email ERivero@mednet.ucla.edu….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Cristina B. Geltzeiler, M.D., call Elisa Williams at 503-494-4530 or email willieli@ohsu.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The links for this study will be live at the embargo time: http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamasurg.2014.675. JAMA Surgery  …

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Matthew J. Martin, M.D., call Carrie Bernard at 253-968-2968 or email carrie.bernard@us.army.mil. To contact commentary author John B. Holcomb, M.D., call Rob Cahill at 713-500-3042 or email Robert.Cahill@uth.tmc.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David C. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., call Shantell Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story The links for this study will be live at the embargo time: http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamasurg.2014.857. JAMA…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Dalliah M. Black, M.D., call Julie A. Penne at 713-792-0662 or email jpenne@mdanderson.org. To contact commentary author Colleen D. Murphy, M.D., call Erika Matich at 303-724-1528 or email erika.matich@ucdenver.edu.   JAMA Surgery   Bottom Line: The use of sentinel lymph node…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Bellal Joseph, M.D., call Jo Marie Barkley at 520-626-7219 or email jgellerm@surgery.arizona.edu. To contact commentary author Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., M.S., call Mark Couch at 303-724-5377 or email mark.couch@ucdenver.edu.   JAMA Surgery   Bottom Line: Measuring frailty using the Frailty…

  EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Anita P. Courcoulas, M.D., M.P.H., call Cyndy McGrath at 412-260-4586 or email mcgrathc3@upmc.edu. To contact corresponding author Allison B. Goldfine, M.D., email communications@joslin.harvard.edu. JAMA Surgery   Results Suggest Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Best Treatment for Diabetes, Highlight Trial Challenges  …

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Adil H. Haider, M.D., M.P.H., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu.   JAMA Surgery   Bottom Line: Race and age affect trauma outcomes in older and younger patients.   Author: Caitlin W. Hicks, M.D., M.S., of the Johns…

  EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Marin L. Schweizer, Ph.D., call Public Affairs at 202-461-7600 or email vapublicaffairs@va.gov.     JAMA Surgery   Bottom Line: Surgical site infections (SSIs) acquired by patients in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals are associated with costs nearly twice as high…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Sarah T. Hawley, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Nicole Fawcett at 734-764-2220 or email nfawcett@umich.edu. To contact commentary author Ann H. Partridge, M.D., M.P.H., call Anne Doerr at 617-632-5665 or email anne_doerr@dfci.harvard.edu.   JAMA Surgery   Bottom Line: Many women diagnosed with…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author David C. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., call Shantell M. Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu. To contact commentary corresponding author Daniel A. Barocas, M.D., M.P.H., call Craig Boerner at 615-322-4747 or email craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu.   JAMA Surgery Bottom Line: Hospital transfers happened…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Kwang-il Kim, M.D., Ph.D., email kikim907@snu.ac.kr. Please see our For the Media website https://media.jamanetwork.com/ for a related Invited Commentary.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlight   Bottom Line: A multidimensional frailty score may help predict postoperative outcomes in older adults….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Michael J. Stamos, M.D., call John Murray at 714-456-7759 or email jdmurray@uci.edu.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlight   Bottom Line: Most colorectal cancer surgeries are performed on patients older than 65 years, and older patients have worse outcomes than…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author M. Kit Delgado, M.D., M.S., call Jessica Mikulski at 215-349-8369 or email jessica.mikulski@uphs.upenn.edu. Please visit our For the Media site (https://media.jamanetwork.com) for a related commentary. Severely injured patients who first are evaluated at non-trauma emergency departments (EDs) are less likely…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Mike K. Liang, M.D., call Robert Cahill at 713-500-3030 or email robert.cahill@uth.tmc.edu. CHICAGO – Using surgical mesh with suturing to repair abdominal hernias can reduce recurrence rates in comparison with suturing (rows of stitching) alone, but it increases other surgical…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Matthew J. Martin, M.D., Madigan Army Medical Center, call Madigan Public Affairs at 253-968-1901.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Compared with gastric bypass (GB) surgery, the weight-loss surgery using laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) did not relieve or resolve…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Kazuhide Matsushima, M.D., call Leslie Ridgeway at 323-442-2823 or email lridgewa@usc.edu. A podcast with David I. Soybel, M.D., will be available when the embargo lifts on the journal website: http://bit.ly/1dDjZYQ.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Older trauma patients…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H., call Shantell Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@med.umich.edu.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Hospital quality was associated with racial disparities in outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in a study by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author David O. Warner, M.D., call Bryan Anderson at 507-284-5005 or email newsbureau@mayo.edu. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Health care costs in the first year after an inpatient surgical procedure are higher for former and current smokers compared with patients who…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Su-Hsin Chang, Ph.D., call Judy Martin at 314-286-0105 or email martinju@wustl.edu.     JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Bariatric surgery helps patients lose weight and get rid of obesity-related diseases, although the risk of complications, reoperation and death remain, according…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Philip P. Goodney, M.D., M.S., call Michael Barwell at 603-653-1984 or email michael.r.barwell@hitchcock.org.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can cause critical limb ischemia that is treated with amputation, and while there is much spending on…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Ali Salim, M.D., call Jessica Maki at 617-525-6373 or email jmaki3@partners.org. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Outreach programs may increase organ donations from Hispanics, according to a study by Ali Salim, M.D., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and colleagues. The…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jarod McAteer, M.D., M.P.H., call Elizabeth Hunter at 206-616-3192 or email elh415@uw.edu.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Among hospitalized children diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD, regurgitation), infants younger than 2 months are more likely than older infants to undergo…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author David B. Sarwer, Ph.D., call Kim Menard at 215-662-6183 or email Kim.Menard@uphs.upenn.edu. CHICAGO – Women who underwent bariatric surgery experienced better sexual functioning, improvement in reproductive hormones, and better health-related and weight-related quality of life, according to a report published…

  EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author George A. Antoniou, M.D., Ph.D., email antoniou.ga@hotmail.com. To contact commentary author R. Clement Darling III, M.D., call Beth Engeler at 518-262-3421 or email EngeleB@mail.amc.edu. CHICAGO – Carotid artery stenting (CAS) was associated with an increased risk of stroke in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H., call Shantell M. Kirkendoll at 734-764-2220 or email smkirk@umich.edu.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   New Measure to Rate Hospitals on Bariatric Surgery Examined in Study   A new composite measure may be better than…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Raj S. Padwal, M.D., M.Sc., call Raquel Maurier at 780-492-5986 or email raquel.maurier@ualberta.ca.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Body Mass Index Not Major Predictor of Death in Bariatric Surgery Eligibility   Age, sex, smoking and diabetes mellitus can be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., call Mark Couch at 303-724-5377 or email mark.couch@ucdenver.edu.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   History of Falls Associated With Postoperative Complications in Older Patients   A history of one or more falls in the six…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Andrew P. Loehrer, M.D., call Cassandra Aviles at 617-724-6433 or email cmaviles@partners.org.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Mass. Insurance Expansion Associated With Increased Probability of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Nonwhite Patients, Reduced Racial Disparities Health care reform in Massachusetts in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Ajay Jain call Rosalia Scalia at 410-605-7464 or email rosalia.scalia@va.gov. CHICAGO – The Baltimore VA Medical Center screened more women with mammography after changes to accommodate the growing number of female veterans, but the changes led to increased times…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013   JAMA Surgery Viewpoint Highlights     Evaluating Outcomes and Costs in Perioperative Care by Mark D. Neuman, M.D., M.Sc., and Lee A. Fleisher, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, writes, “The necessary task of limiting spending on health care services for surgical patients…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Mark B. Faries, M.D., call 310-582-7438 or email Mark.Faries@jwci.org.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Nonsentinel Lymph Node Positivity Appears to be Significant Prognostic Factor in Patients with Melanoma   Nonsentinel lymph node (NSLN) positivity appears to be a…