Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Medicare Tests New Payment System for Joint Replacements
Focus will be on quality of care and cost cutting; hospitals on board but orthopedic surgeons are wary
Mortality Low for Laparoscopic Surgery in Severe GERD
For patients with severe GERD, low rates of 90- and 30-day mortality and 90-day reoperation
Surgeons With >25 Cases a Year Optimal for Thyroid Removal
Risk of complications 87 percent higher when case load is one thyroidectomy case a year
Protocolized Handover Process Sustainable for Reducing Errors
Improved handover process is sustainable for children being transferred to ICU after cardiac sx
AANA: Men Should Avoid Erectile Dysfunction Meds Prior to Surgery
Anesthesia professionals need to ask patients about these medications
Significant Changes in Liver Blood Flow With Prone Positioning
Change from supine to prone position linked to decrease in hepatic blood flow, cardiac output
Patient-Controlled Analgesia Non-Inferior After C-Section
Non-inferior to parenteral analgesia for pain management after elective C-section
Influenza Vaccine Safe for Patients in Hospital for Surgery
Findings show it won't increase complications
Preventive Mastectomies Triple for U.S. Women Over Past Decade
Patients increasingly opt to have the healthy breast removed, despite limited benefit
Complications Led to Loss of Organ in U.S. Uterus Transplant
Doctors at Cleveland Clinic aren't yet revealing what went wrong
