• 'Surprise' Medical Bills: Easy to Define, But Not to Solve
    Friday, March 22, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Patients must be removed from the equation, experts agree
  • Aortic Stenosis: Watchful Waiting Works Only for So Long
    Friday, March 22, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Study supports timely aortic valve replacement in asymptomatic patients
  • Pediatrician Abused 31; Nassar Victims Sue USOC; Murder Conspiracy
    Friday, March 22, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation
  • Morning Break: 'Snapchat Dysmorphia'; Snoring Life Away; A Fertility First
    Friday, March 22, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff
  • PFO Requirements; Catheter Coating Emboli; BASILICA for Leaflet Thrombosis
    Thursday, March 21, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Interventional cardiology news to note
  • Inhaled, IV Anesthestics Even in Cardiac Surgery Survival
    Thursday, March 21, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- MYRIAD trial doesn't favor cardioprotection of sevoflurane, similar drugs
  • Orthopedic Surgeon Pays $400K to Keep Son Out of Ophthalmology Residency
    Thursday, March 21, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- A twist in the college cheating scandal
  • Return of the Surgical Cap: General Surgery News
    Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Also, Atul Gawande on becoming a good surgeon
  • Trials Test New Approach to Hereditary Ovarian Ca Risk Reduction
    Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Preliminary data reports on symptoms, QOL with salpingectomy and delayed oophorectomy
  • Total Thyroid Removal Boosts QOL in Hashimoto's Disease (CME/CE)
    Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- General health, fatigue, and chronic fatigue scores ameliorated with surgery
  • Two Knees at Once: More Clarity on Pluses and Minuses
    Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Surgeons say it's feasible in even severely obese patients, but beware of complications
  • Elbow Injuries Up in Youth Baseball. Are Coaches to Blame?
    Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Many admit "lack of desire" to count pitches as recommended
  • Morning Break: 79 Years for Molestation; Bad Food Aid; Are You a HENRY?
    Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff
  • Concussions in Sports: Don't Neglect Rugby
    Monday, March 18, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Most playing for more than a few years suffer head trauma, and few get adequate treatment
  • Risky Painkillers Commonly Prescribed for Osteoarthritis
    Monday, March 18, 2019 from MedPage Today Surgery
    (MedPage Today) -- Nearly one-third of patients in one large health system get opioids, benzodiazepines
  • A randomized controlled trial on the safety and efficacy of exenatide therapy for the inpatient management of general medicine and surgery patients with type 2 diabetes
    Monday, January 28, 2019 from SurgeryLinx News
    Diabetes Care
  • Overall survival of men and women with breast cancer according to tumor subtype: A population-based study
    Monday, January 28, 2019 from SurgeryLinx News
    American Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Genome-wide association study of myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, acute stroke, acute kidney injury and delirium after cardiac surgery – a sub-analysis of the RIPHeart-Study
    Monday, January 28, 2019 from SurgeryLinx News
    BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
  • Web app boosts lung cancer survival
    Friday, June 10, 2016 from Surgery News
    CHICAGO – A simple Web-based mobile application (web-app) improved survival time and quality of life of patients with advanced lung cancer, accordin ... More »
  • Prepare early for peer review hearings to avoid negative outcomes
    Friday, June 10, 2016 from Surgery News
    CHICAGO – Being targeted for a peer review can be unnerving for physicians, but proper preparation can help doctors smoothly navigate the process an ... More »
  • Preoperative chemotherapy improves survival in patients with large anorectal GIST
    Friday, June 10, 2016 from Surgery News
    The size of anorectal gastrointestinal stroma tumors and preop chemotherapy are the most important determinants of survival following resection, resul ... More »
  • LAA excision of no benefit in persistent AF ablation
    Friday, June 10, 2016 from Surgery News
    SAN FRANCISCO – Adding left atrial appendage excision to pulmonary vein isolation does not reduce the rate of recurrence in persistent atrial fibril ... More »
  • ICD same-day discharge safe, but not a money saver
    Thursday, June 9, 2016 from Surgery News
    San Francisco – Same day discharge is generally safe after cardioverter defibrillator implantation for primary prevention, but it doesn’t save mon ... More »
  • VIDEO: Lobectomy quality requires linking outcomes to process change
    Thursday, June 9, 2016 from Surgery News
    An “introspective” analysis connecting patient outcomes with process changes may lead to significant surgical quality improvement, according to a ... More »
  • VIDEO: Surgical quality measures boost survival in cancer patients
    Thursday, June 9, 2016 from Surgery News
    BALTIMORE – Surgeons’ adherence to select quality measures when treating stage IIIA non–small-cell lung cancer patients led to improved patient ... More »
  • VIDEO: Endoscopic pyloromyotomy works for gastroparesis when meds don’t
    Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from Surgery News
    Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for gastroparesis restored gastric emptying in 30 refractory patients. ... More »
  • Low hematocrit in elderly portends increased bleeding post PCI
    Tuesday, June 7, 2016 from Surgery News
    PARIS – Risk of major bleeding quadruples with preprocedural hematocrit below 38%. ... More »
  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation equivalent to surgical replacement
    Monday, June 6, 2016 from Surgery News
    Transcatheter aortic valve implantation shows reductions in early and mid-term all-cause mortality similar to those with surgical aortic valve replace ... More »
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