Objective To understand whether the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR)
program induces participating hospitals to (1) preferentially select lower risk patients, (2) reduce …

Background Existing studies of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) following total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) based on fixation methods (cemented vs cementless) are limited to single …

3D super-resolution aims to reconstruct high-fidelity 3D models from low-resolution (LR)
multi-view images. Early studies primarily focused on single-image super-resolution (SISR) …

This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence on the effect of WIC, the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, on birth outcomes focusing on …

Background Over 250 US localities have adopted cigar pack quantity and price policies. No
empirical studies exist on their impact on tobacco use. Methods A quasi-experimental …

Methods| We identified adult patients undergoing major abdominal surgery requiring
hospital admission for a minimum of 24 hours between August 2020 and July 2021. Patients …

Background The benefit of total hip arthroplasty (THA) for treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) and
femoral neck fractures (FNFs) in the geriatric population is well established. We compare …

Background Morning postoperative labs are often obtained for emergency general surgery (EGS)
patients. Studies in other surgical fields indicate that routine postoperative day 1 (POD1…

Background Surgeon-prescribed opioids contribute to 11% of prescription drug overdoses
in the United States (US). With prescription opioids involved in 24% of all opioid-related …

As power-assisted robots such as exoskele-ton robot have been widely used in eclectic
applications, the robot becomes more interactive than industrial robots. More specifically, the …