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Decline Seen in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colon, Rectal Cancer in 2020

Patients undergoing surgery in 2020 versus 2019 had more advanced clinical and pathological tumor stage

Surgical Removal Beneficial for Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Mean score on utility-weighted modified Rankin scale was 0.458 and 0.374 in surgery, medical management groups

ACC: Similar Seizure Incidence Seen for Topical, IV Tranexamic Acid in Cardiac Surgery Patients

However, topical administration resulted in an 8.3 percent absolute increase in transfusion

Premastectomy Radiotherapy Followed by Immediate Breast Reconstruction Demonstrates Safety

Mastectomy skin flap necrosis of the treated breast reported in 17 percent; no locoregional recurrences or distant metastasis seen

Guidelines Developed for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Patients should have an electrocardiogram and echocardiogram before the procedure; should receive anticoagulation after

Preoperative GLP-1 Agonist Use Does Not Increase Aspiration

No increase in aspiration or subsequent pneumonia seen among patients undergoing surgical procedures

Femoral Nerve Block Cuts Opioid Use in ACL Reconstruction

Lower incidence of excessive opioid consumption seen for patients receiving femoral nerve block versus adductor canal block

Review Compares Analgesic Interventions After Shoulder Surgery

Lowest pain scores at 12 hours after surgery seen with continuous nerve block; very low pain scores also seen at 24, 48 hours

Review Looks at Trends in Craniofacial Injuries Related to Exercise, Weightlifting

2013 to 2022 saw increase in annual incidence; injuries occurred more often in men, teens aged 15 to 19 years

Omission of Completion Axillary-Lymph-Node Dissection Noninferior

Findings seen in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer with sentinel-node macrometastases