50 Studies Every Surgeon Should Know

SreyRam Kuy, MD, MHS, FACS serves as Chief Medical Officer for Louisiana Medicaid where she leads the drive to improve healthcare quality in a $10.7 billion health system serving 1.6 million patients, and teaches as Associate Professor of Surgery at LSU-New Orleans. Dr. Kuy earned her master's in health policy and research at Yale as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and has published more than 40 articles on healthcare quality, surgical outcomes and patient safety. Dr. Kuy was selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a joint leadership program by President Clinton and President Bush, Business Report's 40 Under 40 Award, the Ford Foundation's Community Service Award and the Early Career Achievement Award by Oregon Health & Sciences University. Dr. Kuy's writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, The Independent, the Huffington Post, and Salon.Rachel J. Kwon is a graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago. She trained in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and was a clinical research fellow in evidence-based surgery at the University of Oxford. Currently, she is Chief Medical Consultant at MDCalc and is passionate about evidence-based medicine, physician wellness and furthering the advancement of the underrepresented in medicine, including women, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ people.Miguel A. Burch, MD is the Associate Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of the Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship in the Department of Surgery at Cedars Sinai. He has focused his surgical career on benign and malignant diseases that affect the stomach and upper intestinal tract. Dr. Burch is a principal investigator on clinical trials using innovative endoscopic platforms to treat reflux as well as diabetes and obesity.

• Section I. Vascular Surgery1. Outcomes Following Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: The OVER Trial2. Long Term Outcomes of Immediate Repair Compared with Surveillance of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm3. Endovascular Aneurysm Repair vs. Open Repair in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: EVAR Trial 14. Endovascular Aneurysm Repair and Outcomes in Patients Unfit for Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: EVAR Trial 25. Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: The ACST Trial6. Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: The NASCET Trial7. Stenting versus Endarterectomy for Treatment of Carotid-Artery Stenosis: The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST)8. Cardiac Stents versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Severe Coronary Artery Disease: The SYNTAX Trial Section II. Colorectal Surgery9. Improved Survival with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer: The Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial10. A Comparison of Laparoscopically Assisted and Open Colectomy for Colon Cancer: The COST Trial11. Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Treatment for Colon Cancer: The MOSAIC Trial Section III. Surgical Outcomes12. Classification of Surgical Complications: A New Proposal with Evaluation in a Cohort of 6336 Patients and Results of a Survey13. Multivariable Predictors of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after General and Vascular Surgery: Results from the Patient Safety in Surgery Study14. Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States15. Reducing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: The Keystone ICU Project16. The Surgical Safety System Checklist (SURPASS)17. Proving the Value of Simulation in Laparoscopic Surgery Section IV. Hernia and Abdomen18. Watchful Waiting vs. Surgery for Inguinal Hernia19. Laparoscopic vs. Open Repair of Inguinal Hernia20. Minimally Invasive Approach to Infected Pancreatic Necrosis21. Long-Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery Section V. Surgical Oncology22. Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection vs. Complete Axillary Dissection in Invasive Breast Cancer: The Z0011 Trial23. Mastectomy vs. Lumpectomy for Invasive Breast Cancer: The B-06 Trial24. Breast Cancer after Prophylactic Bilateral Mastectomy in Patients with BRCA Mutation25. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy vs. Nodal Observation in Melanoma26. Perioperative chemotherapy vs. surgery alone for resectable gastroesophageal cancer (MAGIC Trial)27. Surgical Treatment of Gastric Cancer: 15-Year Follow-Up Results of the Randomized Nationwide Dutch D1D2 Trial28. Gastroesophageal Junction Tumors: Does Location Determine Treatment?29. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Outcomes Section VI. Trauma and Surgical Critical Care30. Transfusion Ratios in Trauma31. Accuracy of Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST)32. Early vs. Late Tracheostomy for Intubated Patients33. Femoral vs. Subclavian Central Lines in Critically Ill Patients34. Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Sepsis35. Red Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients: The TRICC Trial Section VII. Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery36. Laparoscopic vs. Open Appendectomy37. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication for GERD38. Outcomes After Laparoscopic Splenectomy39. Bariatric Surgery vs. Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes (STAMPEDE Trial)40. Heller myotomy vs. Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for Achalasia41. Bile Duct Injury in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Persistent Complication Section VIII. Endocrine Surgery42. Size as a Predictor of Malignancy of Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma43. Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy vs. Conventional Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism Section IX. Studies of Historical Interest in Surgery44. Internal Mammary Artery Ligation vs. Sham Sternotomy for Angina Pectoris45. Ranson's Criteria for Acute Pancreatitis46. Timing of Cholecystectomy after Biliary Pancreatitis47. Child-Pugh score for Mortality in Cirrhosis48. Hinchey Classification of Acute Diverticulitis 49. Acute Appendicitis50. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

50 Studies Every Surgeon Should Know is a well-written, easy-to-read, concise synopsis of arguably the 50 most important studies in general surgery and most surgical sub-specialties. This ambitious book is ideal for surgical residents who desire to read up on fundamental research that shaped clinical practice patterns, as well as medical students who will find themselves better prepared on teaching rounds after reading this book. Most importantly, the book will serve to inspire trainees to become interested surgical research and evidence-based clinical practice. For practicing surgeons, 50 Studies Every Surgeon Should Know can serve as a useful reference for maintenance of certification (MOC) preparation and to review fundamental studies inside and outside of their field of practice. It will serve as an invaluable addition to any trainees and surgeons library.