Surgery General
Nov 15, 2011
Previous investigations have shown that there are disparities in healthcare services provided to rural and urban residents. Removing these disparities has become a national priority because good healt...
Nov 01, 2011
Throughout many medical centers in the United States, laparoscopy has become the preferred strategy for performing a variety of bariatric surgical procedures. Advanced laparoscopic skills are required...
Nov 01, 2011
A growing number of studies have reported inverse relationships between hospital volume and surgical mortality, with lower mortality seen in higher-volume institutions. There have been numerous effort...
Oct 25, 2011
CDC data show that knee arthroscopy is one of the most frequently performed ambulatory orthopedic procedures in the United States. The surgery is now primarily used for the removal of loose bodies, de...
Oct 10, 2011
Each year, more than 40,000 women are diagnosed with endometrial cancer in the United States. This diagnosis, often resulting in the need for a hysterectomy, leads many patients to consider their trea...
Oct 03, 2011
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia, affects 2.2 million Americans and is reaching epidemic proportions since its prevalence grows as the older population continues to increas...
Sep 30, 2011
Most patients approve of teaching facilities and training residents. However, a new study has found that consent rates plummet when patients are given detailed information about the role a resident wi...
Sep 26, 2011
Surgeons are concerned that organ availability will decrease because new organ transplant guidelines call for stricter testing of organ donors. Issued by the CDC, the guidelines call for more upda...
Sep 26, 2011
Neck and low back pain accounts for between $50 billion and $75 billion in direct and indirect costs each year in the United States, and more than 1 million surgeries are performed to address these is...
Sep 26, 2011
Approximately 530,000 tonsillectomies are performed each year in the United States, making these surgeries the second most routinely performed operation on children. The two most common indications ...
Sep 05, 2011
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is diagnosed in almost 150,000 patients in the United States each year and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death, accounting for more than 50,000 mortalities annu...
Sep 05, 2011
Sleep deprivation has been shown to adversely affect clinical performance and impair psychomotor function. It can be challenging for medical systems to ensure that physicians are not fatigued from sle...
Sep 01, 2011
More than 60% of uniforms worn by hospital nurses and doctors tested positive for potentially dangerous bacteria according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Infection Control....
Aug 23, 2011
While the risk of being sued for malpractice can range from 2.6% for psychiatrists to almost 20% for neurosurgeons, most physicians can expect to face at least one lawsuit by age 65, according to a re...
Aug 23, 2011
On average, drugs in short supply are being marked up by 650% on the gray market, according to an analysis released last week by the Premier Healthcare Alliance. Drugs in short supply have led to a cr...
Aug 23, 2011
In the past two decades, published research has suggested that the prevalence of thoracic aortic disease (TAD) has tripled. This finding is largely attributable to the growing elderly population and i...
Aug 16, 2011
Burnout among surgeons continues to be problematic for the medical community. In addition to the psychological unpleasantness that is associated with burnout, the phenomenon can lead to more severe pr...
Jul 09, 2011
The “Universal Protocol” was designed to increase patient safety in the operating room (OR) by ensuring that the correct patient receives the correct procedure at the correct surgical site. The pr...
Jul 05, 2011
Anesthesiology is an important medical specialty provided by highly skilled anesthesiologists. Anesthesia care also is provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and anesthesiologist ...
Jun 28, 2011
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a disorder in which patients periodically stop breathing during sleep. Research suggests that OSAS occurs in approximately 5% to 9% of the general population...