Surgery
AAOS: Patients Aged ≥75 Years Report Better Pain Relief Than Younger Patients
Younger adults reported slightly worse pain, function, quality of life than late elder patients one year after TKA
AAOS: Implant Survivorship 99 Percent for Young Hip Arthroplasty Patients
Only 1 and 1.4 percent of patients younger than 65 years had revision and 90-day readmission, respectively; Black patients underwent revision more often than White patients
Surgeon Intuition Does Not Contribute to Prediction of Postsurgical Complications
Intuition model did not perform as well as that trained on National Surgical Quality Improvement Program clinical data
One in Seven Nonelderly Adults Have Past-Due Medical Debt
Of these individuals, nearly three-quarters owe some money to hospitals
Prior Authorization Increases Use of Health Care Resources, Physicians Say
Furthermore, vast majority of physicians report high administrative burden associated with prior authorization
AAOS: Demand for Arthroplasty to Outpace Surgeon Capacity
Number of joint replacements performed per surgeon could double by 2050 to meet projected demand
Source of Pathogen Infection in Four Hospitalized Patients Identified
Heavy mycobacterial growth identified in ice and water machine on the unit where the four cardiac surgery patients were admitted
Neoadjuvant, Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Beneficial in Resectable Melanoma
Event-free survival longer for those receiving neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab versus adjuvant pembrolizumab only
Older Women Still at Risk for Cancer With BRCA1/2 Mutations
Risk reduction surgeries before age 50 years substantially cut later cancer risk for those with genetic risk
Most Men Undergoing Outpatient Urethral Surgery Use No More Than Five Opioid Tablets
Preoperative opioid use was the only predictor of higher postoperative opioid use
