Tag: Surgery: Misc.
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
Spine Surgery Safely Performed in Some Very Elderly Patients
In a carefully defined cohort of patients 80 years and older, 20 percent had perioperative complications
Mental Health Disorders May Affect Hip Arthroscopy Outcomes
Odds of favorable outcome after hip arthroscopy lower for those with psychological impairment
Endovascular AVF for Dialysis Access Shows High Patency Rate
Cumulative patency rate was 92.7 percent at 24 months for proximal radial artery arteriovenous fistula
1999 to 2017 Saw Drop in IBD Hospitalization Rate for Whites
Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis hospitalizations decreased for white, but not black, seniors aged ≥65
Receipt of Surgery for Early NSCLC Varies by County
25 percent absolute difference found between lowest, highest surgery receipt-rate counties in Massachusetts
