FDA Approves StrataGraft for Deep Partial-Thickness Thermal Burns
Data show StrataGraft helps reduce the amount of healthy skin needed for grafting
Adjuvant RT May Aid Men at High Risk for Death From Prostate Cancer
Adjuvant RT versus early salvage RT may lower the risk for all-cause mortality in men with adverse pathology at radical prostatectomy
Factors ID’d for Unnecessary Preoperative Testing for Low-Risk Surgery
About half of patients receive one or more routine tests before lumpectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, or inguinal hernia repair
Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Tried in Organ Transplant Recipients
Six patients with low-positive antibody levels following standard vaccination achieved high-positive levels after dose 3
AMA: 96 Percent of Physicians Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19
No significant differences seen in physician vaccination rates across demographic groups, including region, gender, age
Rates of Reamputation High in Patients With Diabetes
Rates of reamputation have not changed for at least two decades
Stressors of Integrating Work, Life Higher for Female Faculty
Since COVID-19, faculty more likely to consider leaving, reducing employment, especially female faculty members
AMA Plan to Fight Racism Criticized by Some Members
Plan was announced last month and acknowledges that there is racism and White privilege in the medical establishment
NSAIDs Better Than Codeine for Outpatient Postoperative Pain
Global assessments at six and 24 hours better with NSAID use, and fewer adverse effects, including bleeding events, reported
Adjuvant Nivolumab Slows Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma
Disease-free survival was longer with adjuvant nivolumab in intention-to-treat population, for those with PD-L1 expression at least 1 percent
