Surgery

Poor communication contributed to 24.0 percent of safety incidents in 42 studies that examined its contribution along with other causes

Rate of firearm injury emergency department visits was 73.9 per 100,000 visits; highest rates were seen between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m.

Findings seen for patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy

Patients with initial nodal metastases and breast pCR on vacuum-assisted biopsy who underwent targeted axillary dissection had axillary pCR

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy more effective for achieving ≥50 percent excess weight loss

Recall issued in response to reports of toxic anterior segment syndrome

Preoperative macular thickness may be noninvasive marker for vulnerability to developing postoperative delirium

Expected breast shrinkage about 20 percent within one year after breast-conserving therapy/radiation therapy

Use of NeuroSAFE to guide nerve-sparing surgery results in improvement in erectile function at 12 months and urinary continence at three months