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Older Surgeons Are Better—BUT, Not Too Old

Jan 13, 2012

While inexperience is an obvious disadvantage in surgery, being in the profession for decades is also one — apparently.  A small study on the influence of performance of surgeons published in BMJ ...

Patient Safety & Orthopaedic Surgery Residents

Dec 06, 2011

In 2000, the Institute of Medicine distributed a report suggesting that many hospital errors were related to flaws within the healthcare delivery system. As a result of this report, patient safety ini...

Eye Movement Training Improves Surgeon Skills

Dec 02, 2011

A new study published in Surgical Endoscopy has found that surgeons can learn their skills quicker and handle stress better if they are taught eye movement control. Researchers identified the differen...

The 2011 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons

Dec 01, 2011

The American College of Surgeons held its 2011 Clinical Congress from October 23-27 in San Francisco. The features below highlight just some of the studies that emerged from the meeting.   » Pred...

Managing Charcot Foot in Diabetes

Nov 28, 2011

Despite the passing of 140 years since first being described, little is known about Charcot foot as a lower-extremity complication of diabetes. Charcot foot occurs in about 1% of patients with diabete...

Conference Highlights: CHEST 2011

Nov 22, 2011

New research presented at CHEST 2011, the 77th annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, from October 22-26 in Honolulu addressed many important topics in pulmonary, critical care, a...

Blood Conservation in Surgery

Nov 22, 2011

Surgical procedures account for the transfusion of almost 15 million units of packed red blood cells (RBCs) every year in the United States. “There has been intense interest in blood conservation an...

Conference Highlights: Anesthesiology 2011

Nov 15, 2011

The American Society of Anesthesiologists' annual meeting, Anesthesiology 2011, held on October 15-19 in Chicago, was a comprehensive education program in anesthesiology, focusing on transforming pati...

Rural & Urban Differences in Surgeries

Nov 15, 2011

Previous investigations have shown that there are disparities in healthcare services provided to rural and urban residents. Removing these disparities has become a national priority because good healt...

A New Approach to Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Nov 01, 2011

Throughout many medical centers in the United States, laparoscopy has become the preferred strategy for performing a variety of bariatric surgical procedures. Advanced laparoscopic skills are required...

Hospital Volume & Mortality: Trends in High-Risk Surgery

Nov 01, 2011

A growing number of studies have reported inverse relationships between hospital volume and surgical mortality, with lower mortality seen in higher-volume institutions. There have been numerous effort...

The Changing Tide of Knee Arthroscopy in the U.S.

Oct 25, 2011

CDC data show that knee arthroscopy is one of the most frequently performed ambulatory orthopedic procedures in the United States. The surgery is now primarily used for the removal of loose bodies, de...

Comparing Hysterectomies for Endometrial Cancer

Oct 10, 2011

Each year, more than 40,000 women are diagnosed with endometrial cancer in the United States. This diagnosis, often resulting in the need for a hysterectomy, leads many patients to consider their trea...

Updated Guidelines for Managing Atrial Fibrillation

Oct 03, 2011

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia, affects 2.2 million Americans and is reaching epidemic proportions since its prevalence grows as the older population continues to increas...

Patients Wary of Care from Surgical Residents

Sep 30, 2011

Most patients approve of teaching facilities and training residents. However, a new study has found that consent rates plummet when patients are given detailed information about the role a resident wi...

Surgeons Question New Transplant Guidelines

Sep 26, 2011

Surgeons are concerned that organ availability will decrease because new organ transplant guidelines call for stricter testing of organ donors. Issued by the CDC, the guidelines call for more upda...

Considering Artificial Disc Replacement

Sep 26, 2011

Neck and low back pain accounts for between $50 billion and $75 billion in direct and indirect costs each year in the United States, and more than 1 million surgeries are performed to address these is...

Tonsillectomy Guidelines for Children

Sep 26, 2011

Approximately 530,000 tonsillectomies are performed each year in the United States, making these surgeries the second most routinely performed operation on children. The two most com­mon indications ...

The Impact of Complications on Colorectal Cancer Care

Sep 05, 2011

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is diagnosed in almost 150,000 patients in the United States each year and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death, accounting for more than 50,000 mortalities annu...

Surgeon Sleep Deprivation: The Case for Informed Consent

Sep 05, 2011

Sleep deprivation has been shown to adversely affect clinical performance and impair psychomotor function. It can be challenging for medical systems to ensure that physicians are not fatigued from sle...

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