Sep 16, 2014

The Particulars: Use of embolic protection during transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) involves placing a proximal embolic filter in the brachiocephalic artery and a distal embolic filter in...

Sep 10, 2014

Throughout the United States, there has been a call to action to improve the quality and safety of surgical care while decreasing costs. In the state of Washington, clinicians have taken a unique appr...

Sep 05, 2014

For many older surgical procedures that are associated with good provider and patient experiences—including rotator cuff tear repair—the strength of the literature supporting their use is weak bec...

Sep 05, 2014

According to the Joint Committee on Cancer, the 10-year survival rates for stages I, II, III, and IV medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) are 100%, 93%, 71%, and 21%, respectively. Guidelines from the Ameri...

Sep 04, 2014

New research is being presented at TCT 2014, the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics annual meeting, from September 13 to 17, in Washington, DC.   Meeting Highlights Managing In-St...

Sep 04, 2014

New research is being presented at HFSA 2014, the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America, from September 14 to 17 in Las Vegas.   Meeting Highlights Iron ...

Sep 04, 2014

New research is being presented at ASNC 2014, the 19th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, from September 18 to 21 in Boston. Meeting Highlights MPI-Related...

Aug 25, 2014

Two recent papers have added more fuel to the debate about whether appendicitis can be managed without surgery. The first paper was a prospective observational study from Italy involving 159 patien...

Aug 22, 2014

Published reports have consistently shown that obesity impairs quality of life (QOL) and can contribute to depression as well as body image dissatisfaction. “Weight loss typically improves most aspe...

Aug 22, 2014

Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions in colorectal surgery patients. “ERP protocols use a set of standardized pre- and postoperativ...

Aug 22, 2014

The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 233,000 new cases and more than 29,000 deaths from prostate cancer in 2014. Although the disease can be serious, most men will not die from it....

Aug 22, 2014

According to recent estimates, just less than 3% of Americans have moderate-to-severe valvular heart disease (VHD), a condition that increases in prevalence with age. The disease affects between 4% an...

Aug 19, 2014

Surgeons and pathologists, is this an accurate depiction of your encounters? Tell us what you think. Source: mjcascio....

Aug 18, 2014

Let's start with an American anesthesiologist now living in Australia has admitted that he was not improperly fired by the University of New South Wales. He has apologized and withdrawn the allegation...

Aug 13, 2014

Since the 1980s, studies have shown that clinicians frequently raise questions during patient encounters in all healthcare settings. These studies have suggested that although questions arise frequent...

Aug 13, 2014

Meet Jim—the character in this Rewind the Future video—he is a man whose life flashes right before his very eyes, unhealthy habits and all. The choices you teach your child today become the habit...

Aug 11, 2014

"Defibrillation, defibrillation, where is the defibrillator? We made a mistake while talking," said a cardiologist when a patient went into ventricular fibrillation during a live broadcast of a percut...

Aug 08, 2014

The overall 5-year survival rates for esophageal cancer are less than 15%. Although esophagectomy has been the traditional gold standard for early stage disease, optimal treatment for localized diseas...

Jul 30, 2014

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States and is responsible for more than 600,000 mortalities each year, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. ...

Jul 28, 2014

A Physician's Weekly post I wrote last December was on the subject of surgeons possible losing proficiency for doing open cases because of the ever-increasing popularity of laparoscopic and other mini...