Characterizing Esophageal Motility in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients Using High Resolution Manometry

Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders in the Neonate

Gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders in term and premature infants may occur at different times of gestation. Knowledge of normal neuromuscular development can help clinicians determine the cause of GI dysmotility and prognosis in infants born with congenital anomalies. Various developmental abnormalities and premature gestational age can alter normal GI motility, requiring further advanced testing and management. A multidisciplinary approach is often needed to care for these patients.

Robot-assisted groin hernia repair is primarily performed by specialized surgeons: a scoping review

Surgical residents routinely participate in open and laparoscopic groin hernia repairs. The increasing popularity of robot-assisted groin hernia repair could lead to an educational loss for residents. We aimed to explore the involvement of surgical specialists and surgical residents, i.e., non-specialists, in robot-assisted groin hernia repair. The scoping review was reported according to PRISMA-ScR guideline. A protocol was uploaded at Open Science Framework, and a systematic search was conducted in four databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Web of Science. Included studies had to report on robot-assisted groin hernia repairs. Data charting was conducted in duplicate. Of the 67 included studies, 85% of the studies described that the robot-assisted groin hernia repair was performed by a surgical specialist. The rest of the studies had no description of the primary operating surgeon. Only 13% of the included studies reported that a resident attended the robot-assisted groin hernia repair. Thus, robot-assisted groin hernia repair was mainly performed by surgical specialists, and robot-assisted groin hernia repair therefore seems to be underutilized to educate surgical residents.