Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Racial Differences Seen in Time to Treatment for Melanoma
Time from diagnosis to definitive surgery is twice as long on average for black versus white patients
Postoperative Lung Complications Common in Patients With SARS-CoV-2
Pulmonary complications found in 51.2 percent of patients; 30-day mortality 38 percent in these patients
May 2020 Briefing – Anesthesiology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for May 2020. This roundup includes the latest...
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The 2020 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Virtual Education Experience The originally scheduled annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was...
Significant Drop Seen in Type A Aortic Dissection After COVID-19
Monthly surgical case volume of aortic dissection declined 76.5 percent; volumes low in March, April
May 2020 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for May 2020. This roundup includes the latest...
Deferment of Elective Surgeries Due to COVID-19 Will Have Lasting Impact
Cumulative backlog includes more than 1 million surgeries at two years after end of elective surgery deferment
Surgery Not Superior for Closed Displaced Humeral Shaft Fractures
Findings based on 12-month functional outcomes for surgery compared with functional bracing
Delays in Cancer Surgery Due to COVID-19 Could Harm Survival
Per-patient delay of three or six months would result in an estimated 92,214 or 208,275 life-years lost
28 Million-Plus Surgeries Could Be Canceled Due to COVID-19
About 45 weeks needed to clear surgery backlog if countries up surgical volume by 20 percent later
