Bariatric Surgery Cuts Cancer Incidence, Death Risk Study looked at people with obesity who underwent two most popular procedures Jun 03, 2022
Surgeons Call for Action to Reduce Gun Violence Group has 13 recommendations for change, as "the deaths are just the tip of the iceberg" Jun 02, 2022
AI Shows Promise in Predicting Optimal Margin Width for CRC Liver Mets A 7-mm margin width linked with prolonged survival Jun 02, 2022
New York Doc Tries to Take Down No Surprises Act But lawsuit to overturn the law is "really, really weak," legal expert says May 10, 2022
More Intense Pain Tied to Failed Appendicitis Treatment in Kids Study showed higher pain levels led to early failure in antibiotic treatment May 02, 2022
Longer Ischemia Time Not Tied to Higher Complication Rate in Free-Tissue Transfer Main focus of microvascular surgery should be best possible H&N reconstruction, researchers say May 01, 2022
Immunotherapy Before Head and Neck Surgery Doesn’t Add to Complications Definitive surgery can be conducted safely after neoadjuvant immunotherapy, researchers conclude May 01, 2022
Another Robotic Approach for Bladder Cancer Removal Proves Its Mettle Robot-assisted laparoscopy with ICUD tied to better survival versus open surgery Apr 29, 2022
Program to Reduce Opioid Scripts Post-Surgery Worked for Thyroid Cancer Patients Post-surgical intervention may help to reduce the risk of opioid addiction and overdose Apr 29, 2022
When Free Flaps Fail Twice, Another Try Can Be Successful Second salvage attempt worked in 30% of cases Apr 28, 2022
Topical Antisepsis May Thwart SSIs in Upper Aerodigestive Tract Reconstruction Preoperative topical antisepsis mucosal preparation associated with 51% fewer infections Apr 28, 2022
Study Debunks COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Danish study finds no association between mRNA vaccines and appendicitis Apr 25, 2022
Not All Good News When It Comes to Surging POEM Use for Achalasia Study finds 19-fold increase since 2010, and more healthcare utilization along with it Apr 22, 2022
Crohn's Fistulas Heal Better With Combined Surgical-TNF Blocker Approach Some, but not all, key outcomes prove better in clinical trial Apr 18, 2022
Pre-Op TNF Blockers Cleared of Infection Risk in IBD Patients Largest prospective cohort study finds no increase in postoperative infections Apr 14, 2022
Boosting Responses to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Resectable NSCLC Multi-drug platform study identifies promising durvalumab-based combinations Apr 12, 2022
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab a 'New Standard' in Lung Cancer "Another quantum leap in lung cancer therapy," expert says Apr 12, 2022
Is Sentinel Node Biopsy Necessary for Older Breast Cancer Patients? Study finds positive lymph nodes not an indicator for chemotherapy Apr 07, 2022
New Clue to Risk of Peritoneal Cancer After Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy Women with BRCA variant and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma had a 34-fold greater risk Apr 05, 2022
Patients Should Know Who's Operating, Surgeons Say Doctors should disclose when trainees wield the knife, especially if they plan to leave the room Apr 05, 2022
Extra Warming Efforts in Surgery Turn Out to Be Hot Air PROTECT trial finds targeting body temperatures a few degrees higher is unnecessary Apr 04, 2022
Black Patients More Often Get 'Substandard' Care for GI Cancers Retrospective study finds worse surgical outcomes, lower odds of receiving chemotherapy Apr 04, 2022
Tranexamic Acid Cuts Surgical Bleeding in Yet Another Setting But POISE-3 trial leaves open the question of cardiovascular safety Apr 02, 2022
'It's an Alien Knee in There': Mixed Feelings After Joint Replacement Study highlights common, but rarely discussed, problem Mar 28, 2022
It's Official: Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Not Safer in Cervical Cancer Final analysis of LACC trial confirms earlier findings Mar 21, 2022
Amputation After Intra-Arterial Injection of Crushed Morphine Tablets Infrared thermography aided in care decisions for acute ischemia Mar 21, 2022
FDA Warns on Using Surgical Device for Aesthetic Skin Procedures Agency details potentially life-threatening adverse events with plasma-generating device Mar 14, 2022
Fluorescence-Guided Lumpectomy Shows Promise Imaging system reduced the need for re-excision in one-fifth of patients Mar 11, 2022
Robotic Hepatectomy Shows Benefits Over Laparoscopic Surgery Shorter hospital stay, similar perioperative outcomes in matched analysis Mar 10, 2022
Radioiodine for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: Yea or Nay? Randomized study finds no meaningful difference in events of abnormalities between groups Mar 09, 2022
Texas Children's Hospital Puts Gender-Affirming Care on Pause Nation's largest pediatric hospital halts hormone therapy, citing possible legal ramifications Mar 08, 2022
Chipping Away at the Dogma of Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer Ongoing trials could help some women avoid even less-invasive sentinel lymph node biopsy Mar 07, 2022
Postponing 'Non-Essential' Procedures Isn't the Only Option Outpatient surgery can be a safe and effective route for many orthopedic procedures Mar 06, 2022
Let's Realign the Surgeon-Hospital Relationship Shifting to a language of shared purpose is a good place to start Mar 05, 2022
Mass General 'Not an Outlier' in Double-Booked Surgeries The teaching hospital resolves lawsuit, changes patient consent forms Feb 24, 2022
Ethics Consult: Force Doctors to Remove Bullet From Suspect's Leg? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Feb 18, 2022
Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues Feb 18, 2022
Ablating High-Grade Anal Lesions Thwarts Progression to Cancer Screening followed by aggressive therapy shows benefit in phase III ANCHOR study Feb 17, 2022
Some Never Get COVID; Private Equity Targets Nurse Staffing Firms; $13K Donor Bill This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 16, 2022
