Surgery General
Mar 07, 2013
A research review from the AHRQ suggests that few studies have explored strategies for reducing cesarean births in low-risk women. Available at www.ahrq.gov, the review notes that no single strategy w...
Feb 28, 2013
Research from Michigan suggests that use of statins and aspirin prior to percutaneous revascularization among patients with peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, appears to reduce the number of periphe...
Feb 28, 2013
Many severely obese adults who undergo gastric bypass surgery appear to experience a durable remission of type 2 diabetes, according to a large cohort study. However, more than one-third (35.1%) of pa...
Feb 21, 2013
Across general abdominal surgical procedures among obese patients, laparoscopic surgery appears to reduce the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) by 70% to 80%, when compared with open surgery. A ...
Feb 21, 2013
Volume-based referral policies do not appear to steer patients toward hospitals with high average costs for inpatient surgery in the elderly. A University of Michigan study found that the lowest-volum...
Feb 21, 2013
The rate of immediate reconstruction (IR) use for women with breast cancer who undergo mastectomy appears to have increased significantly between 2000 and 2010, according to a large analysis. Several ...
Feb 19, 2013
Approximately 600,000 total knee arthroplasties (TKA) are performed each year in the United States, costing about $15,000 per procedure. “TKA has been shown to markedly improve health-related qualit...
Feb 19, 2013
Structural heart disease (SHD) interventions have emerged as a new field in interventional cardiology over the last decade. The need for highly specialized cardiologists has increased, and advances in...
Feb 19, 2013
Catheter-associated blood stream infections (CABSI) can have a significant impact on patient morbidity while increasing healthcare utilization costs. CABSIs are preventable, and several strategies are...
Feb 14, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, the first implanted device to treat adult patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The device, whi...
Feb 14, 2013
Robotic-assisted surgical removal of the bladder is becoming increasingly popular for treating bladder cancer, despite being more expensive than traditional surgery. Benefits of the robotic approach i...
Feb 13, 2013
Ruptures of cerebral aneurysms lead to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and are associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Previous research has indicated that the rupture rates of aneurysms va...
Feb 12, 2013
Research has shown that drug-eluting stents (DES) effectively help reduce restenosis, with a 50% to 70% relative risk reduction in target vessel revascularization (TVR) rates. “Drug-eluting stents h...
Feb 08, 2013
The Particulars: Currently, there is no specific, evidence-based targeted treatment that has been recommended by professional societies for intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke. There is also no long-term...
Feb 06, 2013
Private practice anesthesiology training appears to be preferred over academic rotations by emergency medicine residents, according to a University of Utah analysis. For those trained in private pract...
Feb 04, 2013
Percutaneous therapy for treating patients with bony malignancy and vertebral fractures appears to significantly reduce costs and lengths of stay when compared with surgery. A retrospective review dem...
Feb 04, 2013
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that partial nephrectomy appears to have a statistically significant survival benefit when compared with radical nephrectomy for patients older than 6...
Jan 31, 2013
Rates of surgical site infection (SSI) appear to be similar between cesarean deliveries using chlorhexidine-alcohol and those using povidone-iodine. A retrospective cohort review found that the durati...
Jan 29, 2013
The Particulars: Optimal treatment approaches vary in the treatment of stable, multivessel coronary artery disease. Evolving technology, variable study designs, and differing interpretations of result...