Surgery

Bariatric Surgery & Adolescent Nutritional Deficiency Risks

May 26, 2020

Research indicates that rates of severe obesity among adolescents are increasing around the world,...

Predicting Post-TAVI, In-Hospital Mortality

May 22, 2020

Prior research has assessed post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) mortality in...

Validating the APPROACH CVICU Readmission Score

May 16, 2020

Published reports indicate that as many as 8% of cardiac surgical patients are readmitted to a...

A Novel Endoscopic Technique for Achalasia

May 5, 2020

Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)—a relatively new technique in therapeutic flexible...

Video Laryngoscopy FPS Rate

Apr 13, 2020

Using direct laryngoscopy (DL) using a Macintosh blade is the traditional, standard technique for...

How Locum Tenens can Help You in Your Permanent Job

Apr 1, 2020

There’s a misconception that locum tenens doctors are constantly traveling across the country,...

Patient Selection for Antireflux Surgery

Mar 26, 2020

While antireflux surgery is often proposed to patients with proton pump inhibitor-refractory GERD,...

How Locum Tenens can Help You in Your Permanent Job

Mar 25, 2020

There’s a misconception that locum tenens doctors are constantly traveling across the country,...

Limited Surgical Coverage

Mar 10, 2020

Your health insurance has limited surgical coverage, but you’d be amazed at what I can do...

Preventing Postoperative Vaginal Delivery Infection

Jan 20, 2020

Research indicates that both caesarean birth and operative vaginal birth (forceps or vacuum...

Is There A July Effect in Cardiac Surgery?

Jan 13, 2020

Evidence suggests worse-than-normal outcomes in noncardiac surgery during the first month of the...

A Novel Approach to Opioid Disposal

Jan 10, 2020

Current estimates suggest that 70-90% of opioids prescribed after surgery go unused, with most...

How Locum Tenens can Help You in Your Permanent Job

Dec 19, 2019

There’s a misconception that locum tenens doctors are constantly traveling across the country,...

Receipt of Surgery for Early NSCLC Varies by County

Dec 5, 2019

25 percent absolute difference found between lowest, highest surgery receipt-rate counties in Massachusetts

Implant Survival Poor for Converted ‘Partial’ Knee Replacements

Dec 3, 2019

Survival significantly inferior for TKAs converted from UKAs compared with primary TKAs

November 2019 Briefing – Surgery

Dec 2, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for November 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice. Rates of Postoperative Mortality High for Frail, Very […]