Surgery General
Nov 07, 2019
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Race and poverty are not significantly tied to total knee replacement (TKR) failure or revision, according to a study published in the November issue of Arth...
Nov 04, 2019
Prior research indicates an association between obstructive sleep apnea and unfavorable long-term cardiovascular outcomes in the general population. Studies assessing this association in perioperative...
Oct 31, 2019
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Patient outcomes for appendicitis are improved with transition to a shift-based, acute care surgery (ACS) model with shorter shifts, according to a study pr...
Oct 25, 2019
When we think of evil doctors or monsters, we are likely to think of Frankenstein or Dr. Jeckell/Mr. Hyde. Although fictional horror can be scary, real-life depravity can be much more terrifying. Whil...
Sep 16, 2019
According to recent estimates, fewer than 10% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer present with Gleason score as high as 9 or 10. “Although these patients represent a small subset of men with the d...
Sep 11, 2019
The following is the fourth in a new weekly blog series, pulled directly from the Twitter-based stories of Sayed A Tabatabai, MD, who shares touching, heartfelt, interesting details of life on the fro...
Aug 29, 2019
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2001 to 2016, the use of Mohs surgery for melanoma increased more than threefold, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in JAMA Dermatology. M...
Jul 25, 2019
THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In the context of cardiac surgery, there is no indication of a "July effect," describing worse outcomes in the first month of training, according to a study...
Jul 25, 2019
THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), there has been an increase in bariatric surgery, with proportional use of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy...
Jul 23, 2019
“At my interview for residency at a prestigious midwestern university hospital, the chairman asked me if my low grades in a few classes were due to “ chasing boys”. (sic) Then he said as long as...
Jul 22, 2019
MONDAY, July 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Only one-fourth of U.S. plastic surgery residents report receiving opioid-prescriber education, according to a study published in the July issue of Plastic an...
Jul 10, 2019
A study of nearly 20,000 patients with type 2 diabetes and severe obesity found that bariatric surgery significantly lowered the risk of macrovascular events at 5 years. Clinicians should engage patie...
Jun 27, 2019
THURSDAY, June 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who received patellar tendon, hamstring tendon, or "double-bundle" hamstring tendon grafts for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair had no signi...
Jun 25, 2019
TUESDAY, June 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Changing electronic health record (EHR) systems may cause longer operation times for eye surgeries, according to a study published online June 20 in JAMA Oph...
Jun 14, 2019
A study has found that some groups of physicians were more likely than others to perform elective upper and lower endoscopies on separate days rather than on the same day. The observed disparity repre...
Jun 07, 2019
FRIDAY, June 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The Opioid Safety Initiative has been effective for decreasing opioid prescriptions among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to a study pub...
Jun 06, 2019
THURSDAY, June 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is a 73 percent increased risk for nonvertebral fracture after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) versus adjustable gastric banding (AGB), according to a ...
May 28, 2019
TUESDAY, May 28, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Lower socioeconomic status is associated with an increased risk for above-knee amputation (AKA) after periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of the knee, accord...
May 22, 2019
New research was presented at ATS 2019, The annual American Thoracic Society International Conference, from May 17-22 in Dallas. The features below highlight some of the studies presented at the confe...
May 13, 2019
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Zebra Medical Vision said on Monday it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its artificial intelligence-based chest X-ray triag...