Letters to the Editor
Concern With Coding Suggestions
I read with great concern the recent article on RVUs and billing practices titled “Own Your RVUs: Hernia Surgeon Explains Complexities of Compensation.”
JUNE 2, 2025
Critical Appraisal of the New GLP-1 Perioperative Guidance
We are writing to express our serious concerns regarding the recent publication of the “new multisociety guidance” on the perioperative management of GLP-1 receptor agonists.
MAY 28, 2025
‘It Is Easier to Fool People Than to Convince Them They Have Been Fooled’
In September 2024, General Surgery News reported a single-surgeon study titled, “Patient With Diabetes Benefits From Totally Robotic Versus Lap Surgery.”
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and Medical Education
Lacking even the most basic knowledge of AI, I spent the next hour engaged in a fascinating conversation.
JANUARY 25, 2024
Are There Really No Downsides to Delaying Surgery to Prehab Hernia Patients?
I read with great interest the article “No Downside to Delaying Surgery to Prehab Hernia Patients, Study Shows”.
JANUARY 4, 2024
Artificial Intelligence Versus Artificial Wisdom
I read with interest Dr. Bruce Ramshaw’s recent editorial “AI Can Never Do It Alone” [September 2023, page 1] and agree completely with his assessment of the role of artificial intelligence in surgery and medicine.
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The ‘New’ Surgical Education and Dangers of Consensus
First, I would like to congratulate Dr. Edward Felix for the excellent column on surgical education.
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Please Don’t Suffer in Silence
Recently, I suffered what I consider to be a major intraoperative complication while operating on a young patient.
JULY 24, 2023
The Business of Putting Our Patients First
I agree with Dr. Henry Buchwald when he states in his recent editorial that medical care delivery is “upside down” as medical institution administrators and third-party payors control much of how treatment will be provided.
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Medical Care Is Not the Same as Selling iPhones
I read with great interest Dr. Henry Buchwald’s article about patient care quality, surgeon dedication and administration woes [“The Corruption of Care,” August 2022, page 1]. I am a former liver transplant surgeon who left academic surgery in 2003, and restarted a general/vascular surgery practice in a small town in North Carolina. I found the political issues relating to hospital administration suffocating and impossible to navigate.
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Allowing Surgical Trainees to Struggle in the OR
Kudos to Dr. Lopez-Viego for speaking up on this pandemic-like issue among the graduating residents and fellows.
JANUARY 24, 2022
Public Perceptions on Resident Participation
I very much enjoyed this most important and insightful editorial by Dr. Frederick Greene on the perceptions of the American public concerning resident participation in surgical care.
MAY 18, 2021
