METHODS Between July 2016 and December of 2016, a prospective case-control crossover
study was performed using 44 original research articles published that same year in the …

Background Surgeon engagement with social media is growing rapidly. Innovative
applications in diverse fields of health care are increasingly available. Objective The aim of …

Background Surgical trainers consider laparoscopic videos as a useful teaching aid to
maximize trainees' learning and skill development given the backdrop of time constraints …

Social media, Twitter in particular, has emerged as an essential tool for surgeons. In the
realm of academic surgery, it enables surgeons to advance the core values of academic …

Background: Social media are growing worldwide platforms for unlimited exchange of
various content. Owing to their accessibility and short form, they can be utilized as usable …

In many ways, the history of surgeons on Twitter echoes the initial resistance and ultimate
mass adoption of laparoscopic surgery that led to the field of minimally invasive surgery. At …

Journals fill several important roles within academic medicine, including building
knowledge, validating quality of methods, and communicating research. This section …

Background The use of social media platforms among healthcare professionals is
increasing. A Twitter social media campaign promoting the hashtag# colorectalsurgery was …

it continues to influence patients' expectations and surgeons' interactions with their clinical
colleagues. The# ILookLikeASurgeon movement and subsequent# …

Introduction Surgical training results in a combination of surgical knowledge, a careful
evaluation of the patients in order to choose the right operative indication and manual skills …