Surgery General
Jan 24, 2020
The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate clinical results before and after vertebroplasty in the treatment of myeloma-induced vertebral fractures. Success of the surgery was defined by increa...
Jan 24, 2020
Bone-like viable tissue can be generated by utilizing a combination of inorganic matrix, osteoblasts, osteogenic media and application of adequate mechanical stimulation of the cells. To pursue the p...
Jan 24, 2020
Microelectrode recording (MER) for target refinement is widely used in deep brain stimulator insertion for Parkinson disease. Signals may be influenced by anesthetics when patients receive general ane...
Jan 24, 2020
This study aimed to determine local recurrence (LR) rate and pattern after transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal cancer.TaTME for mid- and low rectal cancer has known a rapid and worl...
Jan 24, 2020
The aim of this study was to develop and validate a risk prediction tool for trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC), to support early therapeutic decision-making.TIC exacerbates hemorrhage and is associate...
Jan 24, 2020
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC) occurs frequently in anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and develops acquired resistance to ALK tyrosine kinase inhibito...
Jan 23, 2020
Research supports use of prehabilitation to optimize physical status before and after colorectal cancer resection, but its effect on postoperative complications remains unclear. Frail patients are a t...
Jan 17, 2020
Bridge to elective surgery using self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) placement is a debated alternative to emergency resection for patients with left-sided obstructive colon cancer because of oncologic...
Jan 17, 2020
To test the hypothesis that higher hospital volume decreases endoscopic and surgical re-intervention rates after antireflux surgery.Antireflux surgery for gastro-esophageal reflux disease is followed ...
Jan 17, 2020
In the era of subspecialization and duty-hour restrictions, many General Surgery residents desire additional training in their future subspecialty areas. This study examines the relationship between c...
Jan 17, 2020
To evaluate the effectiveness of routine intravenous iron in surgical patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA).Anemia is the most common medical disease in the world and is an independent risk facto...
Jan 17, 2020
Additional data comparing longer-term problems associated with various bariatric surgical procedures are needed for shared decision-making.To compare the risks of intervention, operation, endoscopy, h...
Jan 13, 2020
Evidence suggests worse-than-normal outcomes in noncardiac surgery during the first month of the academic year (July). “This so-called ‘July effect’ has never been studied in cardiac surgery,”...
Jan 09, 2020
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In a clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, published online Jan. 7 in Otolaryngology-Head...
Jan 07, 2020
Agency says it is still too early to know how severe this year's flu season will be. MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Flu continues to spread throughout the United States and has reached...
Dec 27, 2019
The longer patients continue with buprenorphine treatment, the lower their risk of adverse outcomes. THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Buprenorphine treatment may be needed ...
Dec 05, 2019
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is considerable variation across counties in receipt of curative-intent surgery for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a stud...
Dec 03, 2019
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) converted from medial unicompartmental (or "partial") knee arthroplasty (UKA) has a risk for revision that is threefold higher t...
Dec 02, 2019
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for November 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the...
Nov 27, 2019
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who are frail and very frail have high rates of postoperative mortality across all levels of operative stress, according to a study published onli...