Surgery

At five years, no difference seen in symptoms, but rates of subsequent surgical treatment lower with methylprednisolone versus saline injection

At one and two years, 40 and 46 percent of patients initially receiving antibiotics underwent subsequent appendectomy

After multiple adjustments, self-reported cataract surgery predicted 36 percent elevated risk for vascular-related mortality

Only health care providers and facilities that provide the checklist of risks will be allowed to sell and distribute breast implants

Use of fecal occult blood test up during pandemic; more than half of respondents willing to do at-home FOBT in lieu of colonoscopy

Rate of postdischarge complications for surgical patients increased from 44.6 to 56.5 percent during the same time period

The 125th American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting and OTO Experience

Task force will use inclusive approach to identify issues related to sex, gender in guideline development; will use gender-neutral language

Patients receiving systemic therapy, surgery, and radiation have survival advantage over systemic therapy alone

Distribution of Lung-RADS results did not differ for lung cancer screenings with telemedicine versus in-person visit