Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Weight Loss Continues Five Years After Tummy Tucks
Authors say those losing weight develop healthy nutritional and exercise habits
Considerable Variation Seen in Commercial Pricing for Surgery Services
Facility prices exhibit more variability than professional prices for 10 common general surgery procedures
No Link Found for Preprocedural Fasting and Witnessed Pulmonary Aspiration
Author says long periods of fasting before surgery may not be necessary
Thresholds for Preop Serum Calcitonin Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Thyroid Cancer
Updated thresholds outperform those recommended by American Thyroid Association guidelines for patients with medullary thyroid cancer
Gene Therapy Effective in Patients With Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
One-time surgical application of prademagene zamikeracel improves wound healing and pain
Capsular Tension Ring Implantation Linked to Improved Intraocular Lens Stability
Intraocular lens tilt and rotation were smaller in the CTR group than the control group
More Than One in 10 Surgical Patients Face Food Insecurity
Rates significantly higher among surgical than nonsurgical U.S. patients
Survival Up for CABG With Surgical Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation
Medicare beneficiaries undergoing concomitant surgical ablation have risk-adjusted median survival advantage
Preoperative Blood Pressure Strategies Yield Similar Postoperative Cognitive Results
Neurocognitive outcomes do not differ with hypotension-, hypertension-avoidance strategies for patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
ASCO: Durvalumab Plus FLOT Beneficial for Resectable Gastric, GE Junction Cancer
Better event-free survival outcomes seen for durvalumab plus FLOT versus FLOT alone in phase 3 randomized trial