Tag: Surgery: Misc.

Findings both compared with female partners of male surgeons and the general population

More patients have good outcome with MIST model versus drip-and-ship model in early window within six hours of stroke

Decompression alone noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion during a two-year period

Almost twofold higher risk seen with presence of preoperative neurologic comorbidity; length of stay also up with neurologic comorbidity

Black men less likely than White men to undergo prostatectomy despite similar COVID-19 risk factors, biopsy Gleason grade groups

Single, postoperative IV dose of abelacimab superior to enoxaparin for preventing venous thromboembolism, with no increase in bleeding risk

Greater improvements in KOOS Overall and KOOS Pain seen in patients receiving synthetic medial meniscus implant versus nonsurgical care

Use of interference screw versus cross-pin for femoral fixation linked to better outcomes at six years

For six of the 10 most common elective orthopedic procedures, evidence showed no benefit over nonoperative care

Change in weight over preceding year linked to success of catheter ablation for AF at 15 months for obese, nonobese patients