Tag: Surgery: Misc.
September 2017 Briefing – Pathology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
September 2017 Briefing – Anesthesiology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
September 2017 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
ASA: Fewer Opioids Being Used for Post-Op Pain After TKA, THA
Increase in proportion of patients receiving one, two, more than two analgesic modes
Oral Antibiotics Cut Risk of SSI in Colorectal CA Resection
Adding antibiotics to mechanical bowel preparation linked to reduced rate of surgical site infection
Virtual Planning May Help With Nasal Obstruction Surgery
Surgeons rank the tool a 3.4 out of 5 for how realistic it is compared with actual surgery
Across U.S., Wide Variation Seen in Thyroidectomy Rates
Rate per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries ranges from 22 to 139, a 6.2-fold difference
30-Day Mortality Lower With Female Surgeons
But surgeon sex is not associated with differences in readmissions or complications
Medial Temporal Lobe Surgery Linked to Prevalence of Tinnitus
Increased prevalence of tinnitus compared with controls and participants with self-reported epilepsy
Negative Margins, Lymph Node Yields Predict Survival
Can be used as metrics for hospitals performing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma surgery
