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Despite Complications After Prostate Cancer Surgery, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Should Fully Recover
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin remains hospitalized while recovering from complications related to a December surgery to treat prostate cancer, the Pentagon...
Pain Reduced With Target Muscle Reinnervation at Time of Amputation
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 – For patients undergoing amputation, targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) at the time of amputation improves pain scores and reduces the rate of neuroma formation, according...
Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection Beneficial for Knee OA
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 – For patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), microfragmented adipose tissue (MFAT) injection with arthroscopic surgery is associated with improved midterm clinical outcomes,...
Many Women Bypass Nearest Hospital for Breast Cancer Surgery
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 – Many women undergoing breast-conserving surgery (BCS) or mastectomy bypass their nearest hospitals, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in Cancer. Ajay Aggarwal,...
Survey Identifies Ideal Male Buttock Aesthetic
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 – Both men and women favor a more projected male buttock with a more pronounced contour, according to a study published in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive ...
Lower Rate of Complications Seen With Recent Abdominoplasties
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 – In recent years, the rates of complications and revision surgery for abdominoplasties have decreased, according to a study published in the January issue of Plastic and...
FDA Approves DNA Cheek Swab Test to ID Patients at High Risk for Opioid Addiction
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind test – the AvertD test – that uses DNA swabbed from a patient's cheek to determine if they have a...
Factors ID'd for Disparities in Preop Goals-of-Care Documentation Rates
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 – For a cohort of veterans, disparities in preoperative life-sustaining treatment (LST) documentation rates persist based on race and ethnicity, rurality of residence, and...
Digital Air Leak Detection Device Can Help Reduce Chest Tube Duration
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 – For patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy, a digital air leak detection device can speed the identification of chest tube air leak cessation, according to a study...
Surgery Does Not Result in Better Outcomes for Pituitary Apoplexy
TUESDAY, Dec. 12, 2023 – Three-month outcomes are similar with medical and surgical management of pituitary apoplexy (PA), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical...
You're Far Less Likely to Get an Opioid Now After Surgery
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 – In response to the ongoing crisis of opioid misuse, U.S. doctors had already cut the amount of opioids they gave patients after surgery by 2022 to just a third of the amount...
2016 to 2022 Saw Drop in Rate of Opioid Prescriptions From Surgeons
THURSDAY, Dec. 7, 2023 – From 2016 to 2022, there was a decrease in the rate and size of opioid prescriptions from U.S. surgeons, according to a research letter published online Dec. 7 in JAMA...
Lymphedema Left her 'Miserable, Depressed' Until Specialized Surgery Changed Everything
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 – Sydnee Meth survived breast cancer, but she wasn’t prepared for the after effects of her treatment. Doctors removed the lymph nodes from Meth’s right armpit during her second b...
Adverse Events Up With Immune Checkpoint Blockade Added to Periop Cancer Therapy
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 – The addition of an immune checkpoint blockade to perioperative cancer therapy is associated with increased incidence of certain adverse events, according to a review...
2010 to 2020 Saw Disparities in Surgeon Supply Widen in the United States
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 – Disparities in surgeon supply between rural and urban counties and between socially vulnerable and other counties widened in the United States from 2010 to 2020, according...
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