For The Media – JAMA Network

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Cory A. Donovan, M.D., call Elisa Williams at 503-494-8231 or email willieli@ohsu.edu. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Tumors in which breast cancer stem and progenitor cells (BCSCs) have defects in PI3K/Akt (a pathway that is part of cell proliferation) signaling…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author J. Bart Rose, M.D., M.A.S., call Gale Robinette at 206-341-1509 or email Gale.Robinette@vmmc.org. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Duodenal anastomosis (a surgical procedure involving creating a connection with the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine) appears to be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Christian M. de Virgilio, M.D., call 310-222-2702 or email cdevirgilio@labiomed.org.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   16-Hour Work Limit for Medical Interns Associated With Decreased Operative Experience, Study Suggests   The 16-hour work limit for interns, implemented in July…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Sherry M. Wren, M.D., call Jonathan Friedman at 650-858-3925 x64888 or email Jonathan.Friedman@va.gov.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Telehealth Appears to be Safe Substitute for Postoperative Clinic Visit for Selected Ambulatory Surgery Patients   Telehealth can be safely used…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2013   JAMA Surgery Viewpoint Highlights   The JAMA Network specialty journals are now publishing Viewpoint articles. Below are the Viewpoints to be published July 1 in JAMA Surgery.     Robotic Thyroidectomy…Do It Well or Don’t Do It by Michael T. Stang, M.D., of  the…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Karen Deveney, M.D., call OHSU Strategic Communications Department at 504-494-8231 or email news@ohsu.edu. CHICAGO – Experience in a rural setting for fourth-year surgery residents was associated with the increased likelihood that they would practice general surgery in a similar…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Faek R. Jamali, M.D., email fj03@aub.edu.lb.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Smoking cessation at least one year before major surgery eliminates the increased risk of postoperative mortality and decreases the risk of arterial and respiratory events evident in current…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David L. Berger, M.D., call Katie Marquedant at 617-726-0337 or email KMarquedant@Partners.org. CHICAGO – Patients with colon cancer identified on screening colonoscopy appear to have lower-stage disease on presentation and better outcomes independent of their staging, according to a…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Justin Lee, M.D., call Christopher Murphy at 617-419-4729 or email Christopher.Murphy@Steward.org. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights The outcomes of laparoscopic compared with open ventral hernia repair (VHR) in obese patients was examined in study by Justin Lee, M.D., of Tufts…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David McAneny, M.D., call Gina DiGravio at 617-638-8480 or email Gina.DiGravio@bmc.org.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Postoperative Patient Care Program Associated With Reduction of Common Postoperative Complications   A study by Michael R. Cassidy, M.D., and colleagues at…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Daniel J. Brotman, M.D., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu.   Review of Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Methods After Bariatric Surgery   CHICAGO – A review of available medical literature suggests there is insufficient evidence to support the use of intra-vascular…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Brian C. Drolet, M.D., call Ellen Slingsby at 401-444-6424 or email eslingsby@lifespan.org. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights In a study by Brian C. Drolet, M.D., of the Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, and colleagues, the majority of surgical residents who were…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Adam J. Gadzinski, M.D., M.S., call Beata Mostafavi at 734-764-2220 or email brnostafa@umich.edu. JAMA Surgery Study Highlights A study by Adam J. Gadzinski, M.D., M.S., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined the utilization, outcomes and costs…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Linda Adepoju, M.D., call Tobin Klinger at 419-530-4279 or email tobin.klinger@utoledo.edu.   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   Study Suggests Women on Medicaid More Likely To Receive Mastectomy To Treat Breast Cancer   In a study reported in the resident’s…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D., call Tom Vasich at 949-824-6455 or email tmvasich@uci.edu. To contact critique author Leigh Neumayer, M.D., M.S., call Kathy Wilets at 801-581-5717 or email Kathy.Wilets@hsc.utah.edu.   Study Examines Treatment Delays in Young Women with Breast Cancer by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013 JAMA Surgery Study Highlights A study by Michael E. Lidsky, M.D., and colleagues at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, suggests that patient, clinical, and procedural factors are unreliable predictors of in-field progressive disease after regional therapy in patients with in-transit melanoma. (Online First)   Using…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   A study by Tyler S. Durazzo, M.D., and colleagues at the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, examined the difference between white and nonwhite patients in the rates of use of amputation or revascularization procedures for treatment of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013   JAMA Surgery Study Highlights   A randomized controlled clinical trial by Hasan H. Eker, M.D., of Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues examined laparoscopic versus open ventral incisional hernia repair with regard to postoperative pain and nausea, operative results, perioperative and postoperative…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH., call Tim Parsons at 410-955-7619 or email tmparson@jhsph.edu. To contact critique author Edward H. Livingston, M.D., call JAMA Network Media Relations at 312-464-5262 or email mediarelations@jamanetwork.org. CHICAGO – An analysis of insurance claims data suggests that…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact Awori J. Hayanga, M.D., M.P.H., call Clare LaFond at 206-685-1323 or email clareh@uw.edu. To contact invited critique author David C. Chang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., call Michelle Brubaker at 619-543-6163 or email mmbrubaker@ucsd.edu. CHICAGO – Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 JAMA Surgery Study Highlights Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status (See news release below). One in 203 surgical patients undergoes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012   Archives of Surgery Study Highlights Patients with diverticular disease (inflamed pouches [diverticula] in the intestine; usually the large intestine or colon) have worse and more costly outcomes after elective colectomy compared with patients with colon cancer, but better than patients with inflammatory bowel disease,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Julie A. Sosa, M.D., M.A., call Helen Dodson at 203-436-3984 or email helen.dodson@yale.edu. To contact critique author Desmond C. Winter, M.D., email des.winter@gmail.com. An author podcast will be available on the journal website after the embargo lifts: http://bit.ly/JLp3jy CHICAGO – A…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu. To contact critique corresponding author Shawn L. Hervey-Jumper, M.D., call Kara Gavin 734-764-2220 or email kegavin@umich.edu. CHICAGO – Compared to insured patients, uninsured patients have higher in-hospital mortality following surgery…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights Compared to insured patients, uninsured patients have higher in-hospital mortality following surgery for brain tumors (See news release below). A study of postdischarge (PD) complications after general surgery procedures found that overall, 16.7 percent of patients experienced a complication and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Alexis Conason, Psy.D., call 646-841-3652 or email drconason@gmail.com. CHICAGO – Patients who undergo bariatric weight loss surgery may be at increased risk for substance use (drug use, alcohol use and cigarette smoking) following surgery, particularly among patients who undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights Patients who undergo bariatric weight loss surgery may be at increased risk for substance use (drug use, alcohol use and cigarette smoking) following surgery, particularly among patients who undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery who appear to be at increased…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 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 critique author Alec C. Beekley, M.D., call Katie Krauss at 215-955-5507 or email katharine.krauss@jefferson.edu. CHICAGO – A study comparing bariatric surgical procedures for obesity suggests…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights A study comparing bariatric surgical procedures for obesity suggests that even though undergoing the less commonly used biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch (DS) may be associated with higher early risks compared with gastric bypass (GB), the DS appears to achieve better weight…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights A study of 986 patients with gallbladder polyps detected through ultrasonography suggests that polyps between 5 and 10 mm should be monitored with ultrasonography surveillance, while polyps greater than 10 mm or showing an increase in size should be removed…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Matthew L. Maciejewski, Ph.D., call Peter Tillman 919-824-3769 or email peter.tillman@va.gov. CHICAGO– A study suggests bariatric surgery to treat obesity was not associated with reduced health care expenditures three years after the procedure in a group of predominantly older men, according…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights Bariatric surgery to treat obesity was not associated with reduced health care expenditures three years after the procedure in a study of predominantly older men (see news release below). Results of a study of 303 patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding John M. Morton, M.D., M.P.H., call John Sanford at 650-723-8309 or email jsanford@stanfordmed.org. CHICAGO–  A study that examined national outcome differences between laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass suggests that the minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure was associated…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David R. Farley, M.D., call Brian Kilen at 507-284-5005 or email Kilen.brian@mayo.edu. To contact invited critique author Mark L. Friedell, M.D., call John Austin at 816-235-5251 or email austinja@umkc.edu. CHICAGO–  A survey of surgical interns suggests many of them…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights A study that examined national outcome differences between laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass suggests the minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure was associated with greater safety and used fewer resources because of shorter hospital stays and less cost…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Frank McCormick, M.D., call Kory Zhao at 617-726-0274 or email kdodd1@partners.org. To contact critique author Thomas F. Tracy Jr., M.S., M.D., call Jill Reuter at 401-444-6863 or email jreuter@lifespan.org. CHICAGO – A study involving 27 orthopedic surgery residents suggests that surgical…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact author Avital Harari, M.D., call Rachel Champeau at 310-794-0777 or email rchampeau@mednet.ucla.edu. To contact invited critique author Quan-Yang Duh, M.D., call Elizabeth Fernandez at 415-514-1592 or email elizabeth.fernandez@ucsf.edu. CHICAGO– A review of medical records of patients treated at an academic tertiary…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights A review of medical records of patients treated at an academic tertiary care center suggests that obese patients appear to have more advanced stage and more aggressive forms of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) (Online First, see news release below). A…