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May 2016 Briefing – Surgery

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

May 2016 Briefing – Pathology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for May 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Listening to relaxing music before eye surgery reduces patients' anxiety and their need for sedation

Music During Eye Surgery = Less Sedation

And, patients who listen to relaxing music before procedure have less anxiety
Total knee arthroplasty patients are usually instructed to wait two weeks after surgery to take a shower to reduce the risk of infection; however

Showering Just Days After TKA Does Not Up Infection Risk

Getting area wet before sutures or staples are removed doesn't seem to raise infection risk
Weight-loss surgery quickly improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes

Guidelines Issued for Recommending Metabolic Surgery

45 professional groups say the procedure improves blood glucose control and should be considered
It is anticipated that current and projected numbers of cardiothoracic surgeons will be unable to provide adequate caseload coverage by 2035

Cardiothoracic Surgeons May Not Meet 2035 Caseload

Anticipated increase of 61 percent in national caseload, 121 percent increase for each surgeon
Diabetic ketoacidosis can occur after bariatric surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes

Diabetic Ketoacidosis Can Occur Post Bariatric Surgery in T2DM

DKA should be considered in patients with type 2 diabetes who present soon after bariatric surgery
besity and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) affect the skeletal muscle proteome

Obesity, RYGB Impact Skeletal Muscle Proteome

Array of changes in protein abundance in skeletal muscle before and after RYGB surgery
About one-third of patients with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary artery disease presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergo coronary artery bypass graft and more undergo percutaneous coronary intervention

CABG Underused in Diabetes With Multivessel Disease

PCI increasing, but CABG stable for patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation MI
For pediatric patients undergoing urethroplasty

Caudal Block Linked to Post-Urethroplasty Complications

Type of surgery, caudal block, hypospadias types are independent risk factors for surgical complications