OSATS Can Be Used to Assess Residents’ Shoulder Surgery Skills
Superior inter-rater reliability for checklist scores versus global rating scale, pass/fail measurements
Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients
Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied
Nurses, Doctors Report Health Issues Tied to Surgical Smoke
Headache, watery eyes, and cough reported by large percentage of respondents
Radial Bests Femoral Access for Coronary Interventions
Lower mortality, adverse cardiac events, bleeding seen across CAD patients
Many Clinical Trials Are Not Listed in Data-Sharing Repository
Fifty-three percent of randomized clinical trials were listed at Clinical Study Data Request website
Diabetes Impacts QOL Outcome After Lumbar Decompression
Diabetes predicts diminished improvement in postoperative EuroQol 5-Dimensions
Several Factors Impact Parent Management of Child Postop Pain
Parents' experiences impacted by need to balance pros and cons of administering meds
Communication Skills Training Beneficial for Surgery Residents
Positive feedback from residents, patients for program for orthopedic surgery residents
June 2016 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for June 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Extended-Spectrum Antibiotics No Benefit for Pediatric Appendicitis
Extended-spectrum linked to 30-day readmission in complicated, not uncomplicated appendicitis
