Most Smokers Who Quit Before Bariatric Surgery End Up Smoking Again Even some nonsmokers picked up the habit, despite the risks Feb 21, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Doc This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 19, 2020
Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control? One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets Feb 12, 2020
UCSD, Doc Who Overdosed in Hospital Bathroom Face Lawsuits Anesthesiologist found unconscious, "covered in vomit with his pants down around his ankles" Feb 10, 2020
Antiseptic Cloths No Help Cutting SSI Rates After C-Section But infection rates were surprisingly low overall, even with placebo wipes Feb 07, 2020
How We Used FDA MAUDE Data on NovaSure Attuned to limitations, investigative team used conservative approach Jan 29, 2020
Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
A Surgical First for Removal of an Appendiceal Neoplasm Technique deemed safe and feasible for selected patients and better than other minimally invasive approaches Nov 25, 2019
Study Suggests Viable Alternative to Mastectomy After In-Breast Recurrence Mastectomy rates low, good cancer control in selected patients Nov 21, 2019
Surgeon in Spotlight for Excising Soccer Ball-Sized Neck Tumor Called upon for expertise only 4 months into surgical career Nov 19, 2019
Time to Rethink BMI Cutoff for Bariatric Surgery? The point isn't weight loss, researcher argues, but treatment for diabetes, hypertension, and other comorbidities Nov 06, 2019
Novel TAVR Technique: Single-Side Vascular Access Better prep for complications at access site? Nov 04, 2019
Parents Want Child 'Frozen' at Age 6: Bioethicist Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 25, 2019
CDK 4/6 Inhibitors Boost OS in Advanced Breast Cancer Abemaciclib, ribociclib should become first-line treatment in HR-positive/HER2-negative disease, expert says Sep 29, 2019
PARP Inhibitors: The Key to a Tx Paradigm Shift in Ovarian Ca? PRIMA and VELIA trial findings advance niraparib and veliparib to the therapeutic front lines Sep 29, 2019
Paclitaxel Device Scare Highlights PAD Research Flaws Latest data from the Lutonix research program reassuring, but far from conclusive Sep 28, 2019
Bariatric Surgery May Compromise Mental Health Patients with psychiatric history saw higher rate of repeat presentations Sep 26, 2019
H. Pylori Found in Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimens Incidental findings can have important clinical implications in obese patients Sep 23, 2019
I’ve Got My Rights in Peer Review, Right? Wrong. Hospital committees can make or break you Sep 10, 2019
Alternatives to Open-Heart Surgery Pushing Surgeons to Do Better Old techniques get a makeover Jul 02, 2019
Another Tricuspid Repair System Shows Promise Device is designed for individual leaflet capture Jun 17, 2019
Makeover for TAVR Valves: Lower Profiles, Better Sealing Design features suggest several possibilities for improvement over current devices Jun 14, 2019
TAVR in Low-Risk Patients: Meta-Analyses Have Their Say Improved outcomes overall, but not without downsides Jun 14, 2019
TAVR Operators Urged to Tread Carefully on BASILICA TVT Registry to start collecting data on technique's use Jun 12, 2019
Farewell to Hartmann's Procedure? LADIES trial found primary anastomosis had better outcomes in perforated diverticulitis Jun 10, 2019
Cancer Surgery Refusal Remains a Problem Older, unmarried, African-American patients more likely to say 'no' Jun 04, 2019
Preop Chemo Reduces CRC Surgical Morbidity Lower 2-year recurrence rate versus adjuvant therapy but not significantly Jun 04, 2019
Is Transoral Endocrine Surgery Underused in Thyroid Operations? Over half of patients could have had "scarless" procedure May 31, 2019
Slicer Seen Boosting Leaflet Mobility in Aortic Stenosis Study shows feasibility of novel treatment for calcified aortic stenosis May 24, 2019
USC Party Dean Gets $1.8M; TV Doc Disciplined; Fla. 3-Strike Law Fails Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation May 24, 2019
Enoxaparin May Be Underdosed for CRC Surgery Patients Standard dose yielded low anticoagulation levels in 68% but no increase in venous thromboembolism May 23, 2019
New Device Lets TAVR Treat Aortic Regurgitation Early data favor newer-generation device May 23, 2019
Detailed Policy Cuts Opioid Use After Breast Ca Surgery 40% of women reported zero narcotic use after surgery May 03, 2019
