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Implementation of a bundle of five items can reduce the surgical site infection rate in colon surgery

Bundle of Items Can Reduce SSI Rate in Colon Surgery

Bundle of five items reduces surgical site infection rate in colon surgery but not in hip surgery
Mortality rates are lower for older Americans treated by doctors trained in other countries than by those who went to a U.S. medical school

Mortality Down for U.S. Patients Treated by International Doctors

Compared to mortality rates for Medicare patients treated by U.S.-trained doctors
For children with medical complexity undergoing spinal fusion

Comorbidities Up Resource Use in Pediatric Spinal Fusion

For children undergoing spinal fusion, respiratory insufficiency, bladder dysfunction up LOS, cost
Coffee consumption speeds the time to bowel movement after complete staging surgery of gynecologic cancers

Coffee Speeds Time to Bowel Movement After Gynecologic Sx

Findings for patients after complete staging surgery
Successful lumbar surgery is associated with improved glycemic control for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Surgery Can Benefit T2DM Control for Patients With Lumbar Stenosis

Post-op HbA1c changes linked to improvement in Oswestry Disability Index, JOA, JOABPEQ scores
For patients with advanced heart failure

Centrifugal-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Noninferior

Newer design noninferior to axial-flow LVAD for survival free from disabling stroke or device removal
Adjuvant endocrine therapy can reduce the likelihood that women diagnosed with certain breast cancers will experience a recurrence of their disease

Underuse, Misuse of Hormone Tx in Breast Cancer Still Occurring

Estimated 14,630 women not given recommended therapy died from cancer recurrence from 2004-2013

January 2017 Briefing – Surgery

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for January 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Lower body mass index and body fat is associated with increased risk of orthostatic intolerance and predisposition to noncardiac syncope following bariatric surgery

BMI Linked to Risk for Orthostatic Intolerance Post Bariatric Sx

Increase in OI and propensity for noncardiac syncope following bariatric surgery-linked weight loss
A smartphone app developed as part of a Perioperative Surgical Home program is associated with shorter length of stay after cesarean section

Smartphone App Can Help Cut Length of Stay After C-Section

Introduction of app would yield 216 percent return on investment during first year of use