Considerable Variation Seen in Commercial Pricing for Surgery Services
Facility prices exhibit more variability than professional prices for 10 common general surgery procedures
No Link Found for Preprocedural Fasting and Witnessed Pulmonary Aspiration
Author says long periods of fasting before surgery may not be necessary
Thresholds for Preop Serum Calcitonin Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Thyroid Cancer
Updated thresholds outperform those recommended by American Thyroid Association guidelines for patients with medullary thyroid cancer
Bariatric Surgery Complications Increase With Initial Body Mass Index
While complications are low, they increase significantly with BMI ≥50
27.2 Million People of All Ages Uninsured in 2024 in the United States
Nonsignificant increase seen from 2023; 11.6 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 and 5.1 percent of children aged 0 to 17 were uninsured in 2024
CRC as First of Multiple Primary Malignancies Tied to Better Outcomes Than CRC as...
In study, patients with CRC as the only malignancy had more frequent liver and lung metastases and received systemic adjuvant treatments more often
Gene Therapy Effective in Patients With Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
One-time surgical application of prademagene zamikeracel improves wound healing and pain
Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals
Self-Esteem Scores Soar One Year After Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery
Greater improvement in scores seen for patients with higher postoperative weight loss
Capsular Tension Ring Implantation Linked to Improved Intraocular Lens Stability
Intraocular lens tilt and rotation were smaller in the CTR group than the control group
