Surgery
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Gifts From Pharma Companies Influence Prescribing Behavior
Clinicians who receive gifts write more prescriptions per patient, more costly and branded prescriptions
Recommendations Developed for Trial of Labor After C-Section
Most women with one previous cesarean with low-transverse incision are candidates for TOLAC
Better Outcomes With Transoroal Robotic Surgery Alone in OPSCC
Significantly quicker improvement in postoperative dysphagia in oropharyngeal cancer TORS-only group
Cataract Surgery Associated With Reduced Mortality in Women
Lower all-cause, vascular-, cancer-, accidental-, neurologic-, pulmonary-specific mortality
Most Patients Satisfied With Relationship With Physician
But majority of patients, physicians think doctors don't have time to provide highest standard of care
Early Transfusion Tied to Lower Mortality in Combat Casualties
Reduction in mortality at 24 hours and 30 days for U.S. military combat casualties in Afghanistan
Robotic Radical Nephrectomy Becoming More Common
And robotic laparoscopy for rectal cancer resection does not reduce risk for conversion to open surgery
Alterations in Gut Microbiome Noted Within 72 Hours of Injury
Significant changes in phylogenetic composition and taxon relative abundance in critically injured patients
September 2017 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
ASA: Opioid-Free Anesthesia Feasible for Surgical Procedures
Only 36 percent of patients request oral opioid meds in PACU despite receiving opioid-free anesthesia
