FEVEREIRO/2017

Emergency abdominal surgery in the elderly: can we predict mortality?
Sharrock AE, McLachlan J, Chambers R, Bailey IS, Kirkby-Bott J.
World J
Surg. 2017;41(2):402-409.

Association of preoperative risk factors with malignancy in pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms: a multicenter study.
Postlewait LM, Ethun CG, McInnis MR, Merchant N, Parikh A, Idrees K, et al. JAMA
Surg. 2017;152(1):19-25.

The impact of surgical hand antisepsis technique on surgical site infection.
Oriel BS, Chen Q, Itani KM. Am J
Surg. 2017;213(1):24-29.

SAGES VTE prophylaxis for laparoscopic surgery guidelines: an update.
Richardson WS, Hamad GG, Stefanidis D; SAGES Guidelines, Committee.
Surg Endosc. 2017;31(2):501-503.

Type 2 diabetes remission following gastric bypass: does diarem stand the test of time?
Mehaffey JH, Mullen MG, Mehaffey RL, Turrentine FE, Malin SK, Kirby JL, et al.
Surg Endosc. 2017;31(2):53-542.

The survival outcome and prognostic factors for distal cholangiocarcinoma following surgical resection: a meta-analysis for the 5-year survival.
Wellner UF, Shen Y, Keck T, Jin W, Xu Z.
Surg Today. 2017;47(3):271-279.

The role of health economics in the evaluation of surgery and operative technologies.
Taylor M.
Surgery. 2017;161(2):300-304.