Patients With Degenerative Meniscus Tears Do Not Benefit From Surgery
No subgroup of patients identified benefitted from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for knee pain, knee function, health-related QoL
Postop White Matter Injury Rates Down Over Time for Neonates With Complex CHD
Prevalence of postoperative white matter injury has declined, correlating with increase in blood pressures after surgery
AI Algorithm Predicts Headache Surgical Outcomes From Pain Patterns
Algorithm was consistently more accurate than trained clinical evaluators for predicting outcomes based on pain drawings
Racial, Ethnic Disparities Seen for Delayed Appendicitis Diagnosis
Care at a hospital serving a diverse patient population mitigates against delayed appendicitis diagnosis for Black patients
Lasting Decrease Seen in Risk for All-Cause Mortality After Bariatric Surgery
Both women and men had significantly lower mortality, but suicide risk increased, mainly in those aged 18 to 34 years
Inflation Reduction Act Estimated to Yield Billions in Drug Savings
Ceiling prices for negotiation would have reduced Medicare prescription drug spending by ~5 percent if implemented from 2018 to 2020
Evidence for Efficacy of Antidepressants for Pain Is Limited
In 11 comparisons, antidepressants were efficacious, but they were inefficacious or evidence was inconclusive for 31 comparisons
High-Quality Surgical Videos Lacking for Vaporization of Prostate
Average video score was 6.65; only 24.3 percent of videos emphasized critical steps of surgery
Machine Perfusion of Kidneys Protects Against Delayed Graft Function
Outcomes after transplant better with machine perfusion, combination therapy than with therapeutic hypothermia among brain-dead kidney donors
Neoadjuvant Oxaliplatin-Fluoropyrimidine Chemo Improves Colon Cancer Outcomes
Benefits include histopathologic downstaging, fewer incomplete resections, and better two-year disease control