Surgery General
Feb 25, 2014
Experts have reported that population growth among the elderly and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases in these older Americans will have profound implications for the United States healthca...
Feb 24, 2014
3D printing is now being used as a model for doctors to better envision particular procedures. Source: 3Dprint.com. ...
Feb 24, 2014
A paper from Johns Hopkins looked at traditional, every fourth night calls compared to reduced-hours interns working staggered shifts of an every fifth night call or "night float." "Night float" me...
Feb 22, 2014
Foot complications such as amputation and foot ulceration are common consequences of diabetic neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). These complications have been identified as major causes...
Feb 12, 2014
In recent years, experts have called for greater participation by patients in medical decision-making processes, but research suggests that shared decision making is not yet routinely incorporated i...
Feb 12, 2014
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality for men and women in the United States. Historically, CAD has been thought to be a “man’s disease,” perhaps because the average ag...
Feb 10, 2014
Throughout the United States, reducing the rates of hospital readmissions has become a top priority, as evidenced by CMS planning to include surgical procedures in the expansion of the penalty program...
Feb 10, 2014
Radical prostatectomy (RP) is the most common primary treatment for localized prostate cancer. For most men, the surgery will cure the disease, but up to one-third of patients will present with recurr...
Feb 06, 2014
In 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) released its first regulations on work hours and supervision for residents. However, with these first regulations came much de...
Jan 28, 2014
The Particulars: Surgical site infections (SSIs) can increase mortality, readmission rates, lengths of stay, and costs when compared with no SSIs. Investigators report that there is a need to reduce t...
Jan 28, 2014
The Particulars: Recently, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) became a commercially available treatment for aortic stenosis in the United States. Little is known about the impact that TAVR ...
Jan 28, 2014
The Particulars: Research indicates that the average survival rate for adult heart transplant recipients is currently 10 years. Little is known about survival rates among pediatric heart transplant re...
Jan 27, 2014
According to a study in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 146 papers appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine over the first decade of this century contradicted medical practices previously thought...
Jan 22, 2014
At hospitals throughout the country, surgery department chairmen have an important leadership role with regard to faculty and student affairs, budgetary requirements, research, and alumni and communit...
Jan 22, 2014
The Particulars: Drug-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS)—which naturally dissolve into the blood stream within 18 to 24 months—have been found to effectively treat coronary artery dise...
Jan 22, 2014
Emergency and trauma surgeries are increasingly being performed by the same providers, often using the same resources. It has been implied that improvements in care for one of these populations could ...
Jan 21, 2014
The Particulars: The EkoSonic Endovascular System is a device that uses ultrasound to accelerate the action of anticoagulants. Studies have yet to compare the technology to standard intravenous antico...
Jan 21, 2014
The Particulars: Research indicates that approximately one-third of patients with untreated peripheral arterial disease (PAD)-induced intermittent claudication develop critical limb ischemia. Stent th...
Jan 21, 2014
New research is being presented at STS 2014, the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, from January 25 to 29 in Orlando. STS leaders describe some of the mus...
Jan 20, 2014
A couple of months ago, a post called "Everything's my fault: How a surgeon says I'm sorry" appeared on KevinMD. It was by a plastic surgeon who feels that no matter what goes wrong with a patient, su...