Alarming new findings offer more evidence of a puzzling rise in colorectal cancer in patients under 50 and the challenges of reaching them with timely screening. trib.al/KWWVUwk

I came across this interesting article today on risk of recurrent diverticulitis after sigmoid colectomy. Take-home point: surgery for diverticulitis WORKS! The recurrence rate after surgery is very low (<5% in most well-designed studies), and it also reliably improves patient

Primary tumor resection before systemic chemotherapy in CRC with unresectable metastatic disease: no benefit. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12…

Double-blinded MOBILE2-trial found that mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics reduced the rate of overall morbidity, surgical site infections and anastomotic leaks compared to mechanical bowel preparation only prior anterior rectal resection. ja.ma/3VouoaE

For any graduating students/residents thinking about buying a home versus renting, I highly encourage you to read through this white paper by Zillow: zillowstatic.com/bedrock/app/up…

If you’re 45 you should get screened. If you have bleeding you should talk to a colorectal surgeon or gastroenterologist about getting a colonoscopy.

locations of digestion and absorption of nutrients Manual Of Medicine #Meded #medx #Nutrition #nutrients

Results of NICHE 2 Study. 👇🏼👇🏼 Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Locally Advanced Mismatch Repair–Deficient Colon Cancer ⁦NEJM⁩ nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Today my team sat down with our insurance broker. My health insurance premium for my employees went up 30% for our renewal. The government cut their pay to me and all doctors by 3.37% this year for the first two months then reduced the cut to 1.66% for the remainder of the

Perioperative management of DOACs 📌 📸: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

This is why button batteries should be kept away from children 🔋⚠️

One week for bacteremia!! Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

#DCRJournal Didactic Video | Open Deloyers Procedure: bit.ly/4iebbl5 Sean Langenfeld Neil Smart Matthew Albert Sami A. Chadi MD Ramon Brown, MD, MBA Sharon L. Stein Mark Soliman, MD, MBA Rahila Essani MD FACS FASCRS John Monson MD FRCS FACS FASCRS Julio Mayol James Taylor Joshua R Karas MD Nell Maloney Patel Avery Walker, MD, FACS, FASCRS Nicholas Cairl

Open inguinal anatomy v2. BehindTheKnife

➡️ Sequential – primary first, then liver 🔄 Combined – simultaneous resection 🔁 Reverse (Liver-first) – better survival in those completing treatment ✅ #CRLM #LiverMetastases #SurgicalOncology #ColorectalCancer Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Marylise Boutros DCRjournal European Society of Coloproctology #ICDS25 (2/2)

Interesting Annals of Surgery phase II study looking at the impact of a single cycle of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab on outcomes for stage I-III MMR-deficient colon cancers. Final results from this "RESET-C" study also included as a Journal of Clinical Oncology abstract. 84 patients received 1 cycle

Actually the Medicare conversion factor is the boss of inflation. Hasn’t given physicians a pay raise for their work in nearly 34 yrs. 🤦🏽‍♂️😤 AMA ama-assn.org/system/files/c…

Large single institution series of pts undergoing the Deloyers technique for restoration of bowel continuity. Read more in this month's #DCRJournal: bit.ly/4bBp7mf Lucas Sobrado Tracy Hull Cleveland Clinic

How to close the stoma skin after stoma reversal surgery: Circular (purse-string) vs primary skin closure! Systematic review and meta analysis by Gianluca Pellino et al! Paula Ferrada MD FACS FCCM MAMSE Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Julio Mayol Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 CiruAndes

Would add “severe or refractory disease, fistulizing perianal disease, and dysplasia/cancer” to “when to refer to surgery” Multidisciplinary care is key! Amy Lee Lightner, MD ASCRS_1 MNCRSurgery Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Sean Langenfeld Stefan Holubar MD MS