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For patients who develop facial paralysis after cerebellopontine angle tumor resection

Recovery Pattern Is Useful Tool After CPA Tumor Resection

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Facial paralysis recovery pattern after sx is useful tool for selecting patients for facial reanimation sx
Burnout is a growing problem among American doctors

Burnout Rates on the Rise for Physicians

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Surveys show a nearly 10 percent increase across a range of specialties in the United States
American women diagnosed with advanced

Survival Up for Patients With Stage IV Breast Cancer

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Initial surgery to the primary tumor possibly be a factor
For children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Benefits for Intra-, Extracapsular Tonsillectomy in Peds OSA

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Comparable outcomes for intra- and extracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

November 2015 Briefing – Surgery

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for November 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Emergency major abdominal surgical procedures are associated with high mortality in older adults

Mortality Rate Increases With Age in Emergency Abdominal Surgery

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Mortality also increased versus older adults undergoing elective procedures
For patients undergoing laryngotracheoplasty

Shorter Duration of Dysphagia Symptoms Without Stent

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Findings in adult patients who underwent open airway reconstruction
Guidance is offered for the pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment in a policy statement published online Nov. 30 in Pediatrics.

AAP Provides Guidance on Pediatric Peri-Op Anesthesia

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Guidance relates to care team, resources committed to patient care, pediatric-specific techniques
Patients at VA hospitals who contracted Clostridium difficile following surgery were five times more likely to die and 12 times more likely to suffer postoperative morbidity

C. Difficile Infection Tied to Higher Risk of Post-Op Mortality

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Postoperative complications also increased in this patient population
Physicians should prescribe generic medications whenever possible

ACP: Physicians Should Prescribe Generic Meds If Possible

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Brand name medications not superior to molecularly identical generic medications