Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Post-Op Urinary Retention Common After Spinal Stenosis Sx
A post-op voiding care protocol recommended in elderly, after long surgeries
Advanced Age Need Not Deter Surgery for Cutaneous Tumors
No difference in complications between those aged 90 years and older and those 75 to 80 years
No Hemodynamic Benefit With Levosimendan After Cardiac Sx
No decrease in 30-day mortality for patients undergoing hemodynamic support after cardiac sx
Mobile App Cuts In-Person Visits After Breast Reconstruction
Number of visits down, increase in e-mails to doctors for ambulatory patients undergoing breast recon
Opioid Users Incur Higher Costs After Elective Abdominal Surgery
Preoperative opioid use linked to increased likelihood of longer hospital stay, rate of 30-day readmission
Intensive Strategy Addresses Hypoxemia After Cardiac Surgery
Intensive alveolar recruitment strategy linked to less severe pulmonary complications after cardiac sx
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 14-18
The 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held...
Glaucoma Surgery Risk Up With 7+ Injections of Bevacizumab
Patients who received four to six injections had a nonsignificantly increased risk of glaucoma surgery
ACC: TAVR Noninferior to Surgery for Severe Aortic Stenosis
Unique set of adverse events for each procedure among patients at intermediate surgical risk
Continuing Statins Up to Surgery May Improve CABG Outcomes
Continuing medications up to and on operation day linked to better survival rates in study
