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The following articles appear in the June 2024 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. A complimentary online subscription to JACS is a benefit of ACS membership. See more articles on the JACS website.

Postoperative Opioid Prescribing via Rule-Based Guidelines Derived from In-Hospital Consumption: An Assessment of Efficacy Based on Post-Discharge Opioid Use  

Brendin R. Beaulieu-Jones, MD, MBA, MBI, Margaret T. Berrigan, MD, Jayson S. Marwaha, MD, MBI, and colleagues

The authors found that rather than relying on fixed quantities for defined operations, rule-based guidelines for opioid prescribing offer a simple, yet effective, method for tailoring opioid prescribing to in-hospital opioid consumption. Read more.

Outcomes and Management of Re-Establishing Bariatric Patients

Pourya Medhati, MD, Omnia S. Saleh, MBBCh, Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD, FACS, and colleagues

This study showed that recurrent weight gain was the most common symptom prompting patients to re-seek bariatric care. A multidisciplinary approach, which includes surgical and endoscopic revision and antiobesity medication, provides patients with the most successful strategy to address their symptoms and weight gain. Read more.

Resection of the Primary Tumor and Survival in Patients with Single-Site Synchronous Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Propensity-Matched Analysis of the National Cancer Database

Jorge Humberto Rodriguez-Quintero, MD, Rajika Jindani, MD, Mohamed K. Kamel, MD, and colleagues

Using real-world data from the National Cancer Database, the authors found that surgery to the primary site improves overall survival in patients with single-site oligometastatic disease. Read more.

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