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Thresholds for Preop Serum Calcitonin Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Thyroid Cancer
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 – Updated threshold values of preoperative serum calcitonin predict different extents of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC),...
No Link Found for Preprocedural Fasting and Witnessed Pulmonary Aspiration
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 – For patients undergoing surgical procedures, there is no association between liberal preprocedural fasting policies and witnessed aspiration, according to a systematic...
Fasting Might Not Be Necessary Prior To Surgery, Review Concludes
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 — Fasting is a well-known hassle associated with surgery. Patients are required to go without food or liquid for hours because of fears they’ll vomit while under anesthesia, pot...
More Than One in 10 Surgical Patients Face Food Insecurity
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 – Food insecurity is a significant burden among U.S. surgical patients, according to a study published online June 18 in JAMA Surgery. Annabelle Jones, M.D., from Harvard ...
Racial Disparities Driving Emergency Surgery Costs
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 — Emergency surgeries are gnawing away at U.S. health care spending, with racial disparities fueling the bill, a new study says. Emergency surgeries cost about 33% more than p...
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Feasible After Radical Prostatectomy
TUESDAY, May 20, 2025 – Post-radical prostatectomy (post-RP) stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is well tolerated, with patient-reported outcomes (PROs) comparable to those seen after...
Use of Composite Allocation Score for Lung Transplant Wait List Improves Outcomes
MONDAY, May 19, 2025 – Wait-list outcomes for lung transplants have substantially improved in the composite allocation score (CAS) era, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic...
Preinjury Mobility Predicts Adults' Recovery After Lower-Extremity Fracture
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 – Preinjury mobility data predicts recovery following a lower-extremity fracture in adults, according to a proof-of-concept study published online April 28 in the Journal of ...
First-Of-Its-Kind Surgery Uses Eye Socket To Remove Spinal Cancer
TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 — A first-of-its-kind surgery has gone through a young woman's eye socket to remove a cancerous tumor wrapped around her spine. Surgeons threaded a thin lighted tube called an e...
Preoperative SGLT2 Inhibitor Users Have Increased Risk for Postoperative Euglycemic Ketoacidosis
TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 – Patients using sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) preoperatively have a slightly increased risk for postoperative euglycemic ketoacidosis (eKA) but a lower...
Worried About Prostate Cancer Screening? New Study Shows Better Judgment In Treatment
THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 – Some men would rather skip screening for prostate cancer due to fears that they’ll be rendered impotent or incontinent from cancer surgery. But new research says those fears a...
Female Ophthalmology Trainees Perform Fewer Cataract Procedures During Residency
THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 – Female residents reported fewer cataract procedures than male residents from 2014 to 2023, according to a study published online May 1 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Susan M. ...
Racial Disparities Persist in Immediate Breast Reconstruction Rates
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2025 – While there has been an increase in immediate breast reconstruction rates following mastectomy, racial disparities in reconstruction persist in the United States, according...
Nasal Endoscopic Surgery Beneficial for Chronic Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 – For patients with chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps, nasal endoscopic surgery can remove polyps in a shorter time, with less intraoperative blood loss compared with...
Muscle Quality Could Be Key To Successful Hip Replacement
WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 – Folks are less likely to recover successfully from a total hip replacement if they have poor muscle quality going into the procedure, a small-scale study says. Patients...
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