Tag: Surgery: Misc.
CMS Hospital Star Ratings Offer Limited Measure of Surgical Quality
Star rating linked to postop mortality, serious complications, readmissions, but wide variation in outcomes within each star rating group
Amino Acids Reduced Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery
Benefits seen without any increase in adverse events
Epilepsy Surgery for Neuroglial Tumors Shows Good Long-Term Outcomes
Main prognostic factor for seizure outcome is complete lesion resection
Patients Can Take GLP-1 RA Medications Before Surgery
Meta-analysis reveals gastric emptying delay of ∼36 minutes
Education, Simulation Training Prepares Staff for Emergency Resternotomy
More respondents report being prepared to be members of care team for emergency sternotomy after intervention
ASCO: Neoadjuvant Ipilimumab + Nivolumab Ups Survival in Resectable Melanoma
Neoadjuvant treatment followed by surgery results in longer event-free survival for resectable, macroscopic stage III melanoma
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab, Ipilimumab Safe for dMMR Colon Cancer
113 of 115 enrolled patients underwent timely surgery; two had surgery delayed by more than two weeks
Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Tied to Lower Risk for Cardiovascular Events
Risk for cardiovascular diseases similar between gastric cancer patients who undergo endoscopic resection and the general population
Emergency Inguinal Hernia Surgery Rates Increased With Lower Country Income
Increase in emergency surgery rates accompanied by increase in bowel resection; complications linked to emergency surgery and bowel resection
Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Has Fewer Complications
Fewer complications seen compared with conventional total knee arthroplasty, but robotic-assisted procedure is more costly
