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Immunotherapy Before Surgery Might Boost Pancreatic Cancer Survival
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 – Pancreatic cancer patients may do better if they receive an immunotherapy drug as well as chemotherapy in preparation for surgery, new research suggests. Pancreatic cancer is...
Review Compares Analgesic Interventions After Shoulder Surgery
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 – The average pain trajectories after shoulder surgery vary with different analgesic interventions, according to research presented at the 49th Annual Regional Anesthesiology...
Femoral Nerve Block Cuts Opioid Use in ACL Reconstruction
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 – For patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, a femoral nerve block (FNB) is associated with a lower incidence of excessive opioid consumption than...
About One-Third of Surgical Residents Lack Meaningful Mentorship
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 – About one-third of residents do not report meaningful mentorship, with non-White or Hispanic residents less likely to report meaningful mentorship than non-Hispanic White...
Omission of Completion Axillary-Lymph-Node Dissection Noninferior
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 – For patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer with sentinel-node macrometastases, the omission of completion axillary-lymph-node dissection is noninferior to...
Hyperangulated Video Laryngoscopy Beneficial for Achieving Intubation
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 – For patients who require single-lumen endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia, hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduces the number of attempts needed to achieve...
Scientists Get Closer to Realistic Replacement Human Ear
MONDAY, April 1, 2024 – Researchers say they are close to perfecting a bioengineered, 3D printed replacement human ear that looks, feels and resists injury like the real thing. Such an advance would...
Another Study Warns of Surgery Risks for Folks Taking Ozempic, Wegovy
FRIDAY, March 29, 2024 – People taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy need to drop them in the days or weeks prior to surgery, a new study warns. Folks on one of these drugs – known as...
Tailored Axillary Treatment Safely Avoids Lymph Node Removal in Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 – Patients with breast cancer that has started to spread to the lymph nodes can safely avoid extensive removal of the lymph nodes with tailored axillary treatment based on...
Doctor Gets First U.S. Lung-Liver Transplant for Advanced Lung Cancer
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 – Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs a...
EHR Scheduling Aids Operating Room Scheduling Accuracy
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 – The use of electronic health record (EHR) systems for predicting operation times improves operating room (OR) scheduling accuracy, according to a study published in the...
Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Does Not Increase Overweight Risk in Adulthood
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 – Adenotonsillectomy (AT), the primary pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment, is not associated with an increased risk for being overweight in adulthood,...
Social Media + Photo-Editing Apps Tied to Higher Interest in Cosmetic Procedures
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 – Time spent on social media and use of photo-editing applications contribute to the desire to undergo a cosmetic procedure, according to a study recently published in...
Readmission Rates After Major Surgery High for Older Adults
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 – Older adults face high rates of readmission within 180 days of major surgery, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open. Yi Wang, Ph.D., from Yale ...
Review IDs Trends in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Treatments in Children
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 – Lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) and anterolateral ligament reconstruction (ALLR) techniques for the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament in skeletally immature...
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