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Surgeons Discuss Diagnostic Gaps, Mitigation Strategies for Older Emergency General Surgery Patients

March 3, 2026

Surgeons Discuss Diagnostic Gaps, Mitigation Strategies for Older Emergency General Surgery Patients

In the latest episode of The Operative Word from JACS podcast, host Dr. Lillian Erdahl is joined by Dr. Jessica Liu to discuss Dr. Liu’s recent JACS article, “Identifying Diagnostic Gaps and Mitigation Strategies for Older Adult Emergency General Surgery Patients: A Scoping Review.” Authors identified the current diagnostic issues, clinical tools, and clinician feedback strategies in the older adult emergency general surgery (EGS) setting.