Marissa C. Kuo

Version Control for Surgical Data Science: A Primer on Git and GitHub

Surgical research increasingly relies on computational analysis of large clinical datasets, and major journals now request code availability statements for publication. Yet most surgical trainees and faculty receive no formal training in software version control, despite its cent...

A Multicenter Prospective, Observational Study of Observation Versus Colectomy in Recurrent Diverticulitis

BACKGROUND: Understanding changes in quality of life that occur with colectomy is critical to decision-making in management of recurrent diverticulitis. We hypothesized that patients choosing colectomy at surgical consultation would report better disease-specific quality of life...