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Patients treated by female physicians have better outcomes than those treated by men- our work led by Kiyan Heybati and Angela Jerath MD, MSc published today ➡️ bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10… Physician patient concordance associated with better outcomes particularly between female


New RCT: Antibiotics vs appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis in children ❌Failure: 34% antibiotics vs 7% appendectomy ❌With 20% (!!) non-inferiority margin 👉 Antibiotics inferior ❌4 times more mild-moderate adverse events in antibiotic group thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Register for our FREE JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS WEBINAR here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a571d9a… 13th FEB – 12.45-13.40 Hear the key report findings and from Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Paed Rheum leads. BSR JAR Project (now on B___sky) Versus Arthritis CCAA - Kids With Arthritis (JIA) JIA-at-NRAS NRAS RCPCH_and_Us Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership




#emergencysurgery: Are you a surgeon or anaesthetist who operates on #CYP? If so, we would be interested in hearing your views in this short survey: bit.ly/4homo1A RCPCH The Royal College of Surgeons of England ASGBI Royal College of Anaesthetists Association of Anaesthetists APAGBI Royal College of Emergency Medicine The Royal College of Radiologists SBNS BPNA




Neoadjuvant chemotherapy improves overall survival in stage III but not in stage II colon cancer: A propensity score–matched analysis of the American College of Surgeons ACS Cancer Programs National Cancer Database in SURGERY Journal surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… Cleveland Clinic Florida Nir Horesh ZoeGaroufalia


Congratulations Sameh Emile, MD, FACS

RCT comparing rubber band ligation and hemorrhoidectomy for Grade III hemorrhoids. Which is best? Find out in this month's #DCRJournal: bit.ly/3YR9ge2 Amsterdam UMC Proctos Kliniek Amsterdam UMC @proctos_kliniek



One for you Paul McCoubrie !

Most viewed this week from JAMA Surgery: PERFECT-antibiotics RCT: Preoperatively started antibiotic treatment did not decrease the risk of appendiceal perforation rate in acute uncomplicated appendicitis. ja.ma/43iasIJ


In acute care surgery, robotic-assisted cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy had comparable rates of bile duct injury but differences in secondary outcomes. ja.ma/3Hl5jIw Nathnael Abera Woldehana @AlisaMae Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD



Transition to lateral lymph node dissection in rectal cancer: Forty-fi... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… SURGERY Journal



