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Postoperative follow-up telephone calls to patients after Mohs micrographic surgery do not improve patient satisfaction

Follow-up Calls After Mohs Surgery Do Not Boost Satisfaction

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But calls made the evening of dermatology surgery can identify patients with active pain
About 90 percent of shoulder replacements last for longer than 10 years

Most Shoulder Replacements Last More Than 10 Years

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Substantial improvement from baseline seen in pooled 10-year patient-reported outcome measures
Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols can reduce postoperative use of opioids in patients undergoing elective spine and peripheral nerve surgical procedures

Recovery Protocol Cuts Opioid Use After Elective Neurosurgery

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Cohort study shows reduced opioid use for patients having elective spine and peripheral nerve surgery
In a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association and published online Aug. 26 in Circulation

AHA Details How to Lower Stroke Risk During, After Heart Surgery

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Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative strategies can help prevent perioperative stroke
Increased levels of comorbidity and socioeconomic deprivation are associated with mortality

Health, Economic Factors Tied to Outcomes of Emergency Surgery

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Comorbidity, deprivation worsen outcomes of emergency general surgery for patients in Scotland
For patients with early-stage oropharyngeal cancer

Transoral Robotic Surgery Ups Survival in Oropharyngeal Cancer

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Outcomes and survival improved for early-stage oropharyngeal cancer, but not other cancers
For patients undergoing common orthopedic sports procedures

Nonopioid Pain Protocol Feasible After Sports Orthopedic Surgery

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45 percent of patients did not require opioids for management of postoperative pain
Single-dose targeted intraoperative radiotherapy during lumpectomy is an effective alternative to external beam radiotherapy

Targeted Intraoperative RT Is Effective Alternative to EBRT

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TARGIT-IORT during lumpectomy noninferior to EBRT for local recurrence in women with early breast cancer
From 2005 to 2016

Mortality Down but Health Care Costs Up From Gun Violence

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Head and neck, vascular, gastrointestinal surgery independently linked to high cost tertile designation
Age at surgery

Factors Tied to Hormone Therapy Use After Oophorectomy ID’d

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Age, education, preventive mastectomy linked to hormone therapy use in BRCA mutation carriers