Jan 17, 2020

Bridge to elective surgery using self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) placement is a debated alternative to emergency resection for patients with left-sided obstructive colon cancer because of oncologic...

Jan 17, 2020

To test the hypothesis that higher hospital volume decreases endoscopic and surgical re-intervention rates after antireflux surgery.Antireflux surgery for gastro-esophageal reflux disease is followed ...

Jan 17, 2020

In the era of subspecialization and duty-hour restrictions, many General Surgery residents desire additional training in their future subspecialty areas. This study examines the relationship between c...

Jan 17, 2020

To evaluate the effectiveness of routine intravenous iron in surgical patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA).Anemia is the most common medical disease in the world and is an independent risk facto...

Jan 17, 2020

Additional data comparing longer-term problems associated with various bariatric surgical procedures are needed for shared decision-making.To compare the risks of intervention, operation, endoscopy, h...

Jan 13, 2020

Evidence suggests worse-than-normal outcomes in noncardiac surgery during the first month of the academic year (July). “This so-called ‘July effect’ has never been studied in cardiac surgery,”...

Jan 09, 2020

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In a clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, published online Jan. 7 in Otolaryngology-Head...

Jan 07, 2020

Agency says it is still too early to know how severe this year's flu season will be. MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Flu continues to spread throughout the United States and has reached...

Dec 27, 2019

The longer patients continue with buprenorphine treatment, the lower their risk of adverse outcomes.   THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Buprenorphine treatment may be needed ...

Dec 03, 2019

TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) converted from medial unicompartmental (or "partial") knee arthroplasty (UKA) has a risk for revision that is threefold higher t...

Nov 27, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who are frail and very frail have high rates of postoperative mortality across all levels of operative stress, according to a study published onli...

Nov 27, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Change in the U.S. allocation system for donor hearts has reduced waitlist mortality, but posttransplantation outcomes may have been worsened, according to...

Nov 26, 2019

Clinical guidelines recommend that patients who undergo invasive procedures have a platelet count level above 50x10^9/L; these guidelines historically have applied to all patients and do not specifica...

Nov 25, 2019

MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who undergo bariatric surgery may be at increased risk for nutritional deficiencies years later, according to a study published online Nov. 6 in Clinica...

Nov 21, 2019

THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Firearm injury seems to have a lasting effect, with survivors of gunshot wounds (GSW) having negative outcomes for years, according to a study published onl...

Nov 15, 2019

FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- About 2.7 million emergency department visits for sports injuries occurred during 2010 to 2016, according to a study published online Nov. 15 in the National ...

Nov 14, 2019

Data indicate that gallstones are the most common cause of acute pancreatitis in the United States. While patients with gallstone pancreatitis (GSP) ultimately require cholecystectomy to prevent futur...

Nov 14, 2019

THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for mortality and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is high in children who undergo surgical repair for congenital heart disease compared with the ge...

Nov 13, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- High-risk patients benefit from having surgery at teaching hospitals, according to a study published online Oct. 15 in the Annals of Surgery. Jeffrey H. S...

Nov 13, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- People who inject drugs (PWID) have shorter survival following cardiac surgery than non-PWID, according to a review published online Nov. 8 in BMC Infectio...