AHA and ACC Update Cardiovascular Management Guideline for Noncardiac Surgery
Stepwise approach to perioperative cardiac management can help doctors decide whether surgery should proceed
AAP: Low Vitamin D Linked to Slower Fracture Healing in Pediatric Patients
Slower clinical and radiographic healing seen for pediatric patients with lower-extremity fracture and surgical management
Metabolic Surgery Is Renoprotective in Patients With Obesity, CKD
Metabolic surgery linked to lower risk for progression of kidney impairment compared with GLP-1RA
Wearable Tied to Better Physical Activity Recovery Following Lung Cancer Surgery
Better outcomes also seen for dyspnea compared with controls
Study: Five-Year Survival for Face Transplant Is 85 Percent
Overall, 50 face transplants have been performed worldwide
UBE Microdiscectomy Beneficial for Lumbar Disc Herniation
Unilateral biportal endoscopic microdiscectomy has longer operating times, lower pain med intake in early postop period
Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Improves Survival in Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Cancer
Improved disease-free survival seen among patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma after radical surgery
Neoadjuvant Chemo Boosts Structure Preservation Rates in Nasal, Sinus Cancer
Improvement seen in overall structure preservation rate, orbit preservation rate, and skull base preservation rate
Risk for Pediatric Firearm Reinjury 6 Percent at One Year After Initial Injury
The risk for reinjury was higher for male children and those seen at an adult hospital
Weight-Loss Surgery Benefits Blood Pressure Management
Benefits include remission and control of hypertension while cutting dependence on antihypertensive medications
