University of Chicago Medical Center

Comparative Effectiveness Research in the Americas on Penetrating Brain Injury: The COMPAS-PBI Study Protocol.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is a highly lethal form of traumatic brain injury, with substantial mortality and marked differences across high-income countries and low- to middle-income countries. The aim of the Comparative Effectiveness Research in th...

The wider expansion of pediatric robotic urology: exploring the patterns of adoption in complex bladder reconstruction

Abstract Robotic surgery is increasingly used in pediatric urology, particularly for moderate-complexity procedures such as pyeloplasty and ureteral reimplantation. Whether this expansion has extended to high-complexity lower urinary tract (LUT) reconstruction remains unclear. To...

Fundamentals of Arthroscopic Surgery Training Program Shows Transfer Validity Through Enhanced Operative Arthroscopic Performance

PURPOSE: To evaluate the content, construct, concurrent, and transfer validity of the Fundamentals of Arthroscopic Surgery Training (FAST) program and to determine whether FAST testing performance correlated with arthroscopic performance in the operating room. METHODS: Participan...

Clostridioides difficile couples responses to host nutritional immunity and a commensal-derived antibiotic to enable growth in the gut

The Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen Clostridioides difficile colonizes the gut by adapting to an array of threats from the host and the microbiome. A potential threat from the microbiome is the antimicrobial peptide bacitracin, which is produced by the commensal Bacillus lic...

Where critique can become collaboration: celebrating Academic Medicine

Lauren A Maggio, MD; Where critique can become collaboration: celebrating Academic Medicine, Academic Medicine, , wvag223, https://doi.org/10.1093/acamed/w