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Antibiotic treatment for Helicobacter pylori in patients who underwent endoscopic resection of early-stage gastric cancer or high-grade adenoma is associated with a reduced rate of metachronous gastric cancer

H. Pylori Treatment Tied to Lower Metachronous Gastric Cancer Risk

Those treated after early CA also had improvement in atrophy grade at gastric corpus lesser curvature
For neonates undergoing congenital heart surgery

Costs Up for Neonates With Vocal Fold Motion Impairment

Increased costs due to postprocedure length of stay among neonates undergoing congenital heart surgery
For adults with nasal airway obstruction

Review Supports Rhinoplasty for Nasal Airway Obstruction

Based on 10 observational studies, repair of the lateral nasal wall is effective treatment
For patients with obtunded blunt trauma to the cervical spine

No Benefit for MRI After Normal Cervical CT in Blunt Trauma

MRI had lower health benefit and higher cost compared with no follow-up after normal CT findings
Children aged younger than 3 years seem to have increased risk of complications following tonsillectomy compared with children aged 3 years or older

Risk of Post-Tonsillectomy Complications Up for Under-3s

Increased risk of complications, complications within 24 hours of surgery, compared with older children
Virtual reality appears to be an effective distraction intervention to relieve pain and distress during various medical procedures

Review: Virtual Reality Distracts From Pain of Medical Procedures

VR effective for reducing pain and distress of even extremely painful procedures
Almost all emergency general surgery patients treated operatively and nonoperatively have increased risk of venous thromboembolism and should receive prophylactic treatment

VTE Risk Up in Most Emergency General Surgery Patients

Pharmacologic prophylaxis should be considered unless an absolute contraindication exists
Burn injury survival has dramatically increased over the past 30 years

Burn Deaths Down From 1989 to 2017 in the United States

New protocols may have reduced the mortality for all age groups, burn sizes, and genders
Vaginal birth is associated with worse pelvic organ support five years after a woman's first delivery

Vaginal Birth Tied to Later Lack of Pelvic Organ Support

Width of genital hiatus independently predicts worse support five years after vaginal delivery
Surgical treatment of severe obesity in adolescents with type 2 diabetes is associated with better glycemic control and weight reduction than medical therapy

Improved Glycemic Control With Surgical Tx of Obesity in Teens

Adolescents with T2DM have improved glycemic control, weight loss after surgery vs. medical therapy