Tag: Surgery: Misc.

Nationally, surgery volume dropped 53 percent, with larger declines in areas harder hit by COVID-19

Benefits seen for self-care skills, mobility, and motor function at ages 5 to 10 years

Reduced model with 10 predictors identifies persistent high-dose opioid use with high discrimination

Findings based on systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Phase 2 randomized trial revealed similar overall survival for two active regimens compared with adjuvant therapy

Greatest relative increase projected to occur in 34 low-income countries, which have largest gaps in workforce requirements

Incidence one in 256 for all obstetric surgery and one in 212 for cesarean section surgery; seven of 12 patients reported distressing experiences

Small randomized trial shows similar infection rates, more diarrhea with antibiotic versus placebo after endoscopic sinus surgery

Authors find that perioperative venous thromboembolism rarely occurs, regardless of suspension of hormone therapy prior to surgery

22 percent experienced 'flat denial,' when the option of no reconstruction after mastectomy was not initially offered