Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Individualized PT Can Reduce Incontinence After Prostatectomy
PT reduces pelvic pain, increases pelvic floor strength in men with stress urinary incontinence
Donor Heart Acceptance Practices Vary Across Transplant Centers
Several key factors predicting nonuse, acceptance variability not tied to increased recipient mortality
December 2019 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for December 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
December 2019 Briefing – Pathology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for December 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
December 2019 Briefing – Anesthesiology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for December 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Patients OK With Use of Checklist Prior to Induction of Anesthesia
Patients experience less discomfort with preinduction checklist use than anesthesia providers expect
Biomarker May Predict Cardiac Risk in Noncardiac Surgery
Preoperative levels of NT-proBNP may be useful for improving preoperative cardiac risk stratification
Variability in Lumbar Fusion Surgery Driven by Patient Factors
However, selecting patients more likely to have favorable outcomes would greatly cut surgery volumes
Obesity, Smoking Do Not Impact Long-Term Healing of Wrist Fractures
Findings based on one-year postoperative follow-up for range of motion, bone alignment, and function
Cannabis Use Disorder May Up Risk of Perioperative Heart Attack
Findings in national study of patients undergoing 11 elective surgeries
