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November 2016 Briefing – Surgery

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for November 2016. This roundup includes the latest...

November 2016 Briefing – Pathology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for November 2016. This roundup includes the latest...

November 2016 Briefing – Anesthesiology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for November 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
For patients undergoing elective surgery

Frailty Screening Initiative Cuts Mortality After Surgery

Implementation of FSI reduces mortality, with greatest improvement seen among frail patients
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is associated with global improvement in cognitive status

Improved Cognitive Status Seen Following TAVR

More pronounced improvement in patients with baseline cognitive impairment
Patients who've recently undergone surgery -- especially those with cancer or autoimmune diseases -- experience slightly higher risks of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome soon afterward

Link Found Between Surgery and Development of Guillain-Barré

History of autoimmune disease or malignancy may predispose some patients
Application of the Lean Six Sigma methodology can reduce the risk of health care-associated infections among patients undergoing surgical procedures

Lean Six Methodology Can Cut Health Care-Linked Infections

Reduction in risk of health care-associated infection among patients undergoing surgical procedures
Use of the Lean Six Sigma methodology is effective for reducing the cesarean section rate

Lean Sigma Six Methodology Can Cut Cesarean Rate

Cesarean rate decreased from 41.83 to 32.00 percent 10 months after improvement measures
Many males undergoing anterior urethroplasty experience improvement in urgency and urge incontinence

Urgency, Incontinence Improve After Anterior Urethroplasty

Preoperative prevalences of 58 and 31 percent, respectively, decrease significantly postoperatively
For patients with acute appendicitis

Single-Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy Preferable

Shorter hospital duration, return to activity versus three-incision laparoscopic appendectomy