Surgery General
Aug 11, 2014
"Defibrillation, defibrillation, where is the defibrillator? We made a mistake while talking," said a cardiologist when a patient went into ventricular fibrillation during a live broadcast of a percut...
Aug 08, 2014
The overall 5-year survival rates for esophageal cancer are less than 15%. Although esophagectomy has been the traditional gold standard for early stage disease, optimal treatment for localized diseas...
Jul 30, 2014
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States and is responsible for more than 600,000 mortalities each year, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. ...
Jul 28, 2014
A Physician's Weekly post I wrote last December was on the subject of surgeons possible losing proficiency for doing open cases because of the ever-increasing popularity of laparoscopic and other mini...
Jul 25, 2014
As part of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Commission on Cancer (CoC) have developed lists of five...
Jul 24, 2014
From the depths of studying for Step 1 to starting the 4th and final year of medical school, medical students from the University of Maryland School of Medicine chronicle the life of a 3rd year ...
Jul 10, 2014
Research indicates that the adoption of transradial angiography increased 10-fold between 2007 and 2011 in the United States. Randomized and observational studies have suggested that radial access red...
Jul 10, 2014
Despite recent improvements in imaging technology, pathology assessments, and the use of systemic therapy, there is still controversy regarding the optimal margin width in breast-conserving surgery. A...
Jul 10, 2014
Substance use disorders are a serious public health issue, and physicians are not immune to these problems. “Anesthesiologists have long been considered at risk for substance use disorders because o...
Jul 09, 2014
For Healthcare Providers: The immune systems is an exceptionally complex system that is hard to grasp for most patients, and even many of your colleagues. Share this video with your patients to p...
Jun 25, 2014
Several factors contribute to the urgency of the antibiotic resistance crisis in the United States. “Discovering the next generation of antibiotics is exceedingly challenging,” says Brad Spellbe...
Jun 24, 2014
Recent data indicate that about 45% of EDs in the United States report being “on diversion” at some point within a given year to alleviate crowding. “Although ambulance diversion has been used f...
Jun 24, 2014
Gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are two commonly performed bariatric procedures, but each has different profiles for risk and effectiveness. Few studies have explore...
Jun 24, 2014
Orthopedic surgery requires surgeons to spend many hours per week in body positions that are known to contribute to musculoskeletal injuries. Although efforts have been made to improve ergonomics and ...
Jun 24, 2014
The CDC recently released data on the most common causes of death in the United States in 2010. ...
Jun 20, 2014
According to recent estimates, about 13.7 million people in the United States with a history of cancer were still living in 2012. “The prevalence of cancer survivors has increased substantially over...
Jun 09, 2014
Not too long ago, a fourth-year medical student asked me that question. Here's what I told him. I became a surgeon because it appealed to me more than any other specialty. Like most others of my er...
Jun 06, 2014
Medical management of vertebral compression fractures costs patients and healthcare systems nearly $14 billion annually, according to recent estimates. Percutaneous vertebroplasty and balloon kyphopla...
May 29, 2014
The Particulars: Prior research suggests that women with ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) are at greater risk for mortality following primary PCI (PPCI) when compared with men. However, publis...
May 29, 2014
The Particulars: Results from renal artery stenosis stenting trials have been inconclusive due to varying levels of patient selection criteria, stenosis severity, and trial site quality. A true assess...