Tag: Surgery: Misc.

Adults receiving proton pump inhibitors have increased risk for acute kidney injury requiring dialysis following cardiac surgery

The 106th Annual American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress

At five years, no difference seen in symptoms, but rates of subsequent surgical treatment lower with methylprednisolone versus saline injection

At one and two years, 40 and 46 percent of patients initially receiving antibiotics underwent subsequent appendectomy

After multiple adjustments, self-reported cataract surgery predicted 36 percent elevated risk for vascular-related mortality

Rate of postdischarge complications for surgical patients increased from 44.6 to 56.5 percent during the same time period

The 125th American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting and OTO Experience

Patients receiving systemic therapy, surgery, and radiation have survival advantage over systemic therapy alone

No differences seen in mortality, stroke, or other complications for low-risk patients undergoing bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic stenosis

But overall incidence of postoperative complications significantly lower with robotic versus laparoscopic gastrectomy