Learning How Preoperative Communication Relates to Postoperative Experiences for Older Veterans Having Inguinal Hernia Surgery
Our study provides critical information on how hernia repair affects the lives of older adults, and this can be used to better prepare the patients for surgery and to help them decide whether surgery will meaningfully enhance their quality of life.
Authors
- Victoria Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-8678)
- Konstantinos I. Makris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0590-7125)
- Aanand Dinkar Naik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6936-7984)
- Courtney J. Balentine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-8598)
- Thai Pham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6124-7678)
- Janet Baker
- Simon J. Craddock Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6345-1237)
- Don Mai
- Melissa Thornton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9638-4266)
- Cynthia J. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-5507)
- C. Munro Cullum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9706-5465)
- Nicole Lunardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-1086)
- Miles Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2386-5061)
- Elisa L. Marten
- Ava Hitzeman
- Cameron Macdonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0995-0072)
- Celette Sugg Skinner
Institutions
- Louisiana State University (US)
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University Medical Center New Orleans (US)
- VA North Texas Health Care System (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- Clinical Research Consultants (United States) (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
- Wisconsin Division of Public Health (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70216
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Music Therapy and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44