Risk for Postop Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Lower With Cannabis Use
Findings seen at six months and one year after undergoing retinal detachment repair by any method
Planned C-Section May Be Tied to Increased Risk for Leukemia in Offspring
Associations were driven by B-cell precursor ALL, concentrated among boys and at peak ages of acute lymphoblastic leukemia at 5 years and younger
Health Care Expenditure Expected to Top GDP Growth 2024 to 2033
National health care expenditure growth expected to outpace GDP, resulting in a health share of GDP that reaches 20.3 percent by 2033
Weight Loss Continues Five Years After Tummy Tucks
Authors say those losing weight develop healthy nutritional and exercise habits
Considerable Variation Seen in Commercial Pricing for Surgery Services
Facility prices exhibit more variability than professional prices for 10 common general surgery procedures
No Link Found for Preprocedural Fasting and Witnessed Pulmonary Aspiration
Author says long periods of fasting before surgery may not be necessary
Thresholds for Preop Serum Calcitonin Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Thyroid Cancer
Updated thresholds outperform those recommended by American Thyroid Association guidelines for patients with medullary thyroid cancer
Bariatric Surgery Complications Increase With Initial Body Mass Index
While complications are low, they increase significantly with BMI ≥50
27.2 Million People of All Ages Uninsured in 2024 in the United States
Nonsignificant increase seen from 2023; 11.6 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 and 5.1 percent of children aged 0 to 17 were uninsured in 2024
CRC as First of Multiple Primary Malignancies Tied to Better Outcomes Than CRC as...
In study, patients with CRC as the only malignancy had more frequent liver and lung metastases and received systemic adjuvant treatments more often
