Surgery

In second small study, authors show similar protocol provides postoperative pain relief for patients following primary rotator cuff repair

Adults aged 18 to 64 years living in non-Medicaid expansion states twice as likely to be uninsured as those living in expansion states

Increases in total, free testosterone concentrations seen with bariatric surgery and weight loss in adolescent boys with severe obesity

Modest improvement in quality of life, fewer periprosthetic fractures seen in patients receiving cemented versus uncemented hemiarthroplasty

Issues include increased burden of COVID-19 in patients with cancer, lessons from COVID-19 with potential to improve cancer care

Proposed changes dovetail with a nationwide epidemic of opioid use and overdose deaths

Use of uBIG could potentially decrease number of transfers for Canadian patients with complicated mild traumatic brain injury

Bilateral oophorectomy associated with higher rate of dementia, but association not statistically significant

Patients with lower socioeconomic status face bigger incisions, fewer repairs, more complications, and higher mortality

Treatment is particularly successful when trained practitioner, primary care physician, family work together