Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Antithrombotics Deemed Safe in Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery
Antithrombotic agents may be safely continued by patients undergoing wide-awake surgery
Risk of Persistent Opioid Use a Concern for Youth After Surgery
Highest risk of persistent opioid use seen in association with cholecystectomy and colectomy
Risk of Surgical Complications Up for Overlapping Hip Surgery
Findings in patients undergoing overlapping hip fracture operations, overlapping THA procedures
November 2017 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for November 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
November 2017 Briefing – Pathology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for November 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
November 2017 Briefing – Anesthesiology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for November 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Lobectomy Beats SBRT Survival in Early-Stage NSCLC
Higher cancer mortality for SBRT versus lobectomy; no difference for SBRT, sublobar resection
Patients Often Uncomfortable With Overlapping Surgeries
But patients, family members neutral toward surgical procedures involving overlap of noncritical portions
Wait Time Linked to Worse Outcomes in Hip Fracture Surgery
Patients receiving surgery after 24 hours have higher risk of 30-day mortality, complications
Surgery of Limited Clinical Benefit for Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Surgical decompression offers no additional benefit over arthroscopy alone
