Obesity is an increasing challenge for the Unites States Military. Apart from exposing military personnel to long-term health complications, the obesity crisis
The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) has become the gold standard for assessing practice improvement in surgery. At our tertiary military hospital,
A De Garengeot’s hernia is a femoral hernia that contains the appendix. This rare type of hernia was first described by René-Jacques De Garengeot in 1731
Objectives: The primary objective is to quantify the operative experience of Army general surgeons while not deployed and determine their capacity to obtain mastery in the operatin
OBJECTIVES: Military surgical subspecialists are challenged to maintain surgical skills and competency in the setting of low-volume practice interrupted by deployments.