BRAF Inhibitors May Accelerate Wound Healing
Topical application with vemurafenib accelerated wound healing via paradoxical MAPK activation
Opioid-Related Insurance Claims Rise 3,000 Percent
Present crisis disproportionately affecting white, middle-class people in non-urban settings
Proinflammatory Response in Women With Vaginal Mesh
Significantly higher M1/M2 cytokines, chemokines, MMP-9 and -2 in women with mesh-vagina explants
Good 20-Year Patency for Radial Artery Grafts in CABG
Patency is not inferior to left internal thoracic artery; target vessel stenosis influences graft patency
Predictors ID’d for Switching to Active Tx in Prostate Cancer
Ethnicity influences patient decision to pursue active treatment and serial biopsies in active surveillance
Surgical Trainee Involvement Tied to Peri-Op Complications
Findings for benign hysterectomy procedures; operative time key mediator of relationship
July 2016 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for July 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
European Countries Implementing Cost-Sharing
Some financial protections are in place for poorer populations
Review: Propofol Relatively Safe in Endoscopic Procedures
Similar risk of cardiopulmonary adverse events for propofol, traditional sedation agents
ASBS: Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Discouraged
For most women, risk of disease in unaffected breast is low, American Society of Breast Surgeons says
