Can Lighter-Weight Mesh Cut Pain in Open Ventral Hernia Repair? Head-to-head trial pits medium-weight polypropylene meshes against heavy-weight mesh Sep 16, 2021
Best Way to Recover Urinary Continence After Prostatectomy? Nerve-sparing prostatectomy, not rehab or duloxetine, most important factor Sep 13, 2021
When Prior Authorization Practices Go Too Far Congress can reverse a troubling trend that creates patient care disruptions Sep 12, 2021
Economic Status Not the Strongest Predictor of Hernia-Related Readmissions But social determinants of health still played a role, study found Sep 09, 2021
Long-Term Costs, Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y Unexpected findings in large-scale 4-year Canadian study Sep 09, 2021
Minimally Invasive Surgery Shows Benefit in Colon Cancer Patients started adjuvant therapy faster, had shorter hospital stays compared to open resections Sep 07, 2021
Hernia Surgery Went Well. Then Why Did the Patient Regret Having It? Researchers seek answers to baffling question Sep 04, 2021
When Trying to Learn GI Surgery, Steer Clear of Dr. YouTube Quality was in the eye of the beholder, and experience played a role Sep 03, 2021
IV Steroid Before Thyroidectomy Prevents Complications One dose of dexamethasone reduced hypocalcemia, voice issues Sep 03, 2021
Topical Cream Effective Against Diabetic Foot Ulcers Investigational compound regulates macrophages, is "active-healing alternative," researchers say Sep 03, 2021
Paralympian Superstar Swimmer's Fibular Hemimelia A look at gold medalist Jessica Long's condition Sep 01, 2021
'What Goes Up, Must Come Down' You might be surprised at what turns up in patients' rectums, unless you're an ED doc Sep 01, 2021
Gunshot Victims Cost One Hospital $672,000 a Month, and It's Only Going Up One-third of wounded patients at Cleveland trauma center patients were uninsured Sep 01, 2021
Improved Survival With Surgery in Metastatic Breast Cancer Significant benefits in ER+, PR+, HER2+ disease, neoadjuvant vs adjuvant chemotherapy Aug 31, 2021
Can Image-Guided Fibrosis Ablation Help in Persistent Afib? Targeting fibrosis in afib with minimal fibrotic disease may improve outcomes, says researcher Aug 30, 2021
Stenting or Surgery for Patients With Carotid Artery Stenosis? No differences in outcomes seen between groups Aug 30, 2021
Maybe Avoid These Specialists for Your Next Colonoscopy Certain specialties performed better quality colonoscopies than others, meta-analysis finds Aug 27, 2021
Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy Tied to Fewer Complications Taiwan study also saw shorter hospital stays versus open or laparoscopic surgeries Aug 25, 2021
Surgical Tray Recalled After Two Infant Deaths Class I recall due to missing instructions for surgical scalpel used for critically ill newborns Aug 20, 2021
Rebrand of Nurse Anesthetists Met With Criticism From Physician Group The American Society of Anesthesiologists called the name change "medical title misappropriation" Aug 16, 2021
Robotic Surgery's Impact on the Next Generation of Surgeons How tech will revolutionize training Aug 14, 2021
Incomplete Polyp Resection Proves Tricky Business for Cancer Risk Expert stresses the importance of high-quality colonoscopy Aug 13, 2021
UNMC Mourns Surgeon Killed in Plane Crash James Edney, former chief of the division of surgical oncology, was piloting the small aircraft Aug 09, 2021
Are Hemoglobin Cutoffs for Anemia Outdated? A growing call for WHO criteria to be tightened Aug 06, 2021
Higher Prices, No Difference in Resource Use at NCI Cancer Centers Negotiated facility prices, not surgeon costs, appeared to drive the differences Aug 03, 2021
Urine Tests Before Surgery Blasted as Mostly Unnecessary Abundance of caution is way overdone, researchers suggest Aug 02, 2021
Improved Survival in Metastatic Uterine Cancer With Hysterectomy Plus Chemo Data extend surgery's advantage from locally advanced to distant metastases Jul 29, 2021
Surgeon Accused of Trying to Blackmail Nurse Practitioner for Sex North Carolina doctor fired after admitting to accuser's harassment complaints, lawsuit says Jul 28, 2021
More Data Support Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses Most patients avoided surgery with no metastasis, better focus on aggressive disease Jul 27, 2021
Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety Conflict and toxicity can make teams more prone to errors Jul 21, 2021
FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device Thumbs up on safety and efficacy Jul 15, 2021
Vascular Function: Another Benefit of Bariatric Surgery Macrovascular, microvascular gains accrue for nearly all patient groups Jul 12, 2021
FDA Piles on New Warnings for Blood Volume Expanders Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn't be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist Jul 09, 2021
Doctors Among the Missing in Surfside Condo Collapse Brothers Brad and Gary Cohen were visiting their elderly parents; newlywed couple also missing Jul 07, 2021
Regenerative Therapy Makes Headway in HF ... in the Right Patients Study of autologous skeletal cell-patch implantation in Japan Jul 02, 2021
Could This Personality Type Crush Burnout for Surgical Residents? And could residency programs use it as a screening tool? Jun 30, 2021
Do 'Robots' Offer Any Clear Surgical Advantage? Review says no, and Vinay Prasad believes it's a sobering reflection on medical technology Jun 28, 2021 video
Subsys Doc Gets 5 Years; Docs Take Billions From Device Makers; Child Abuse Law This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 23, 2021
Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S. Since 2017, number of programs offering multidisciplinary training has grown from one to eight Jun 21, 2021
