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Top Most Read Bulletin Articles Published in 2024

#1

New 2024 CPT Coding Changes Affect General Surgery, Related Specialties

January 10, 2024

Learn about the CPT 2024 coding changes—many are for time-based codes—that are relevant to general surgery and its related specialties.
#2

Electric Bikes Are Emerging as Public Health Hazard

July 17, 2024

Surgeons can help prevent e-bike injuries by participating in advocacy initiatives and public education, and through evidence-based research.
#3

Are Antibiotics the Answer to Treating Appendicitis?

April 10, 2024

Discover new perspectives on operative versus nonoperative approaches to managing uncomplicated acute appendicitis.
#4

Clinicians Struggle to Understand Dramatic Rise in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer

December 4, 2024

Discover why surgeons are seeing an alarming uptick in healthy young people diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
#5

Long COVID May Have Long-Term Impact on Surgery

May 8, 2024

Preoperative cognitive impairment in long COVID patients may obscure a clinician’s ability to properly care for patients undergoing elective surgery.

#6

Conversations in Acute Cholecystitis Management Include Treatment Timing, Robotics

September 12, 2024

This article provides an overview of best practices for managing acute cholecystitis and potential future pathways for treating these patients.
#7

Physician Workforce Data Suggest Epochal Change

April 10, 2024

Gain new perspectives on current and future surgeon workforce supply culled from the AAMC’s US Physician Workforce Data Dashboard.
#8

In Memoriam: Dr. Mark Savarise, ACS Regent

July 9, 2024

Dr. Mark Savarise—ACS Regent and general surgeon—passed away at the age of 58.
#9

ACS Provides Guidance for Senior Surgeons Facing Age-Old Question

May 8, 2024

A new focus on comprehensive, lifelong competency for surgeons will help create a culture of safety and transparency.

#10

Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment, Emerging Techniques Optimize Survival and Quality of Life for Breast Cancer Patients

October 9, 2024

This article examines a multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer treatment and explores new technologies that can minimize surgical morbidity.

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