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For patients undergoing arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Similar Outcomes for Single-Bundle, Double-Bundle ACL

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No significant difference in subjective or objective outcomes for single-, double-bundle techniques
The first American woman to receive a uterus transplant

Surgeons Offer Details on First U.S. Uterus Transplant

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Patient will have to wait a year before she can try to become pregnant, Cleveland Clinic doctors say
Patients who've received a steroid injection for hip pain should wait at least three months before having hip replacement surgery

AAOS: Steroid Tx Too Close to Hip Surgery Can Up Infection Risk

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Hip replacement should be delayed for three months after steroid injection, researchers say
A case of hepatitis E virus infection has been reported in a kidney transplant recipient

Case of Hepatitis E Transmission Via Plasma Exchange

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Transmission of HEV through plasma exchange for acute humoral rejection after kidney transplant
Physicians who are married to a highly-educated spouse are less likely to work in rural underserved areas

Spouse Education Level May Impact Choice for Rural Practice

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Lower odds of working in rural HPSA for physicians married to a highly-educated spouse
The Supreme Court has ruled against state efforts to collect health care data from insurance plans.

SCOTUS: States Can’t Force Health Care Data Release

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Supreme Court rules states can't force health insurers to turn over data

February 2016 Briefing – Surgery

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for February 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Attention to preoperative stress in adolescents undergoing scoliosis surgery may reduce levels of postoperative pain as well as anxiety and social and attention problems in the recovery period

Pre-Op Stress Tied to Post-Op Pain, Anxiety in Scoliosis Patients

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In adolescents undergoing scoliosis surgery, anxiety and depression higher before procedure
The use of inferior vena caval filters for pulmonary embolism increased from 1999 through 2010

IVCF Use Up in Older Patients With Pulmonary Embolism

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Use of inferior vena caval filters for pulmonary embolism increased from 1999 through 2010
For patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty

AAOS: Formal Physical Tx Doesn’t Up Outcomes in Hip Surgery

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No improvement in postoperative outcomes compared with prescribed exercise program