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General surgery residency and international medical graduates: A perspective from Greece
10 February 2012
Konstantinos P. Economopoulos, Dimitrios Linos
We read with great interest the Editorial by Itani et al. published in Surgery. The authors discuss the effects of physician migration to the United States and propose potential solutions that balance...
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BRCA testing is important for our patients
10 February 2012
Benjamin O. Anderson, Sara H. Javid, Kristine E. Calhoun, David R. Byrd
In their manuscript “The case against BRCA 1 and 2 testing,” Lin et al argue that BRCA sequencing is “trumped” by the taking of a family history. The authors extrapolate this concept to suggest that B...
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Gastric volvulus after sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity
10 February 2012
Daniel Del Castillo Déjardin, Fàtima Sabench Pereferrer, Mercè Hernàndez Gonzàlez, Santiago Blanco Blasco, Arantxa Cabrera Vilanova
Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in morbid obesity has proved to be a safe and reproducible technique. Sleeve gastrectomy, however, is not free of complications. On the other hand, gastric ...
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Social media in low-resource settings: A role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery?
10 February 2012
Jeffrey J. Leow, Marcos E. Pozo, Reinou S. Groen, Adam L. Kushner
The world has witnessed recently how social media web sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, played pivotal roles in the mass mobilization of populations and the coordination of demonstrations in the Mi...
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Quantification of hypercoagulable state after blunt trauma: Microparticle and thrombin generation are increased relative to injury severity, while standard markers are not
10 February 2012
Myung S. Park, Barbara A.L. Owen, Beth A. Ballinger, Michael G. Sarr, Henry J. Schiller, Scott P. Zietlow, Donald H. Jenkins, Mark H. Ereth, Whyte G. Owen, John A. Heit
Background: Major trauma is an independent risk factor for developing venous thromboembolism. While increases in thrombin generation and/or procoagulant microparticles have been detected in other pati...
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