Annals of surgery
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The aim of the study was to identify and evaluate scholarship in multi-institutional interventional surgical education trials. ⋯ Multi-institutional surgical education studies do not uniformly incorporate characteristics of high quality research, particularly related to study design, measurable outcomes, and assessment tools used. Coordinated support, including grant funding, that addresses the challenging nature of multi-institutional surgical education research may improve the quality of these studies.
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Multicenter Study
Improvement in Liver Transplant Outcomes From Older Donors: A US National Analysis.
To investigate trends in long-term graft and patient outcomes following liver transplantation using grafts from donors ≥60 years old. ⋯ This study demonstrates significant improvement in transplant outcomes with donor grafts ≥60-years old and supports increased but judicious use of extended criteria donors liver grafts. Improved patient selection and reduction in cold ischemia time appear to be contributing factors.
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To report 1-year results from a 5-year mandated study. ⋯ Safety and effectiveness of magnetic sphincter augmentation has been demonstrated outside of an investigational setting to further confirm MSA as treatment for GERD.