Nov 05, 2019

TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Among older patients undergoing hip or knee replacement, low-intensity compared with standard-intensity warfarin prophylaxis did not meet the noninferiority c...

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...

Nov 01, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Cosmetic Surgery for October 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as wel...

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 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 31, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Delaying cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis for more than 72 hours after admission is associated with an increased length of stay and increased rates o...

Oct 31, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The need for surgical bailout in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is low, according to a study recently published in JACC: ...

Oct 31, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with obesity, bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced risk for skin cancer, including melanoma, according to a study published online...

Oct 29, 2019

TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- General surgery residents, especially women, often experience mistreatment, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in the New England Journal of Medic...

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...

Oct 22, 2019

TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) and substance use disorder (SUD) have a more than twofold risk for dying following valve surgery compared with pati...

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...