Tag: Surgery: Misc.

Eight of nine patients with major pathological response (MPR) were alive and disease-free at five years, while six of 11 without MPR experienced relapse

Risk for attrition significantly higher for female and underrepresented-in-medicine residents, particularly Black residents

Ten-year overall survival is 63.5 percent; only persistent opioid use associated with worse overall survival in multivariable modeling

Lower peak patellofemoral joint contact force linked to prevalent early PFJ osteoarthritis at one year after ACL reconstruction

Sublobar resection is noninferior for disease-free and overall survival for patients with tumors ≤2 cm

Rates of in-hospital mortality, failure to rescue decreased from a hospital volume threshold of >25 liver resections per year

No subgroup of patients identified benefitted from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for knee pain, knee function, health-related QoL

Prevalence of postoperative white matter injury has declined, correlating with increase in blood pressures after surgery

However, authors say preoperative factors may explain this disparity

Reduced mortality and lower treatment costs seen for surgical treatment versus nonsurgical treatment