Surgery General
Jan 26, 2013
At hospitals participating in the Get With the Guidelines–Resuscitation registry, survival and neurologic outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest appear to have improved between 2000 and 2009....
Jan 25, 2013
Endovascular treatment for patients with peripheral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) appears to achieve good clinical results and has a low overall complication rate when these procedures are planne...
Jan 24, 2013
New research is being presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2013 Annual Meeting, from January 26 to 30 in Los Angeles. Meeting Highlights Can Lung Transplants Work With Heavy Smoking Don...
Jan 24, 2013
Massage therapy appears to significantly reduce pain, anxiety, and muscular tension in elective cardiac surgery patients, according to an Australian analysis. Massage therapy also appeared to improve ...
Jan 23, 2013
Using a comprehensive surgical safety checklist and a structured team training curriculum appears to result in significant reductions in 30-day morbidity, according to a study from researchers in Conn...
Jan 23, 2013
The Particulars: Patients who suffer a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and make it to the hospital alive often undergo either open surgical repair or endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Data...
Jan 22, 2013
The Particulars: Reducing the standard dose during CT-guided targeted biopsy reduces patient exposure to radiation. However, the effect of this approach on diagnostic accuracy and major complication r...
Jan 22, 2013
The Particulars: Blood thinners are typically prescribed to treat DVT, but these agents tend to be only partially effective at removing clots. Rheolytic pharmacomechanical thrombectomy is a treatment ...
Jan 22, 2013
The Particulars: Women with an abnormal placenta sometimes undergo cesarean section to reduce risks of hemorrhage during pregnancy. These women, however, are still at risk for excessive blood loss and...
Jan 17, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Octaplas, a pooled plasma (human) blood product for the replacement of clotting proteins (coagulation factors) in certain medical conditions where ...
Jan 17, 2013
Post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) to the chest wall and supraclavicular fossa is beneficial in breast cancer patients with four or more positive nodes, according to findings from the International B...
Jan 17, 2013
Researchers at Columbia University have found that intraoperative blood loss, as indicated by transfusion use, appears to be the most important predictor of intraoperative cardiac arrest (ICA) among a...
Jan 17, 2013
The rate of lower extremity amputations appears to have decreased significantly between 2000 and 2008 among patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to findings from a review of CMS da...
Jan 17, 2013
Patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR) have 4.7-fold and 4.4-fold increased risks of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke, respectively, during their first 2 postoperative weeks, according ...
Jan 17, 2013
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, perioperative supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids does not appear to reduce the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF). An international investi...
Jan 16, 2013
Studies have shown that using surgical simulators to improve skills in the operating room (OR) can be effective for surgeons in training. To maximize the effectiveness of simulation training, a profic...
Jan 16, 2013
Studies indicate that sedation during bronchoscopy makes the procedure more comfortable for patients and provides better working conditions for physicians when compared with no sedation. Sedation can ...
Jan 15, 2013
According to recent estimates, about 400,000 pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are surgically implanted each year in the United States. In 2008, the American College of Car...
Jan 14, 2013
Pain management is a critical component medical care for patients undergoing surgery, but studies suggest that up to 70% of individuals undergoing surgery complain of moderate-to-severe pain after the...
Jan 10, 2013
Among patients being considered for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, moderate and severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) appears to be associated with significantly increased mortality. Mortality ...