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Patients who have total hip or knee replacement surgery face a greater risk for myocardial infarction during the first month following the procedure

Cardiovascular Risk Up After Knee, Hip Replacement

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Odds highest in the month following the procedure

August 2015 Briefing – Surgery

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for August 2015. This roundup includes the latest...

August 2015 Briefing – Pathology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for August 2015. This roundup includes the latest...

August 2015 Briefing – Anesthesiology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for August 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
The risk of death

Sleep Deprived Surgeons Appear to Be Self-Regulating Well

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Review indicates that doctors who operate the night before another surgery do well
For most atrial fibrillation patients taking warfarin who require temporary interruption for a procedure

Periop Bridging Unnecessary for Most A-Fib Patients on Warfarin

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Arterial thromboembolism risk doesn't appear to rise without additional drug treatment
Perioperative complication rates are lower with increased hospital and surgeon volume for revision adult spinal deformity surgery

Lower RASDS Complications for Higher Hospital, Surgeon Volume

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Lower rates of preoperative complications seen in revision adult spinal deformity surgery
Live and recorded perioperative music therapy reduces anxiety in patients undergoing surgery for potential or known breast cancer

Music Reduces Anxiety Score in Breast Cancer Surgery Patients

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Reduction in anxiety scores preoperatively with live or recorded music versus usual care
For patients with a pre-existing unknown nonfunctional kidney

Post-Hysterectomy Cystoscopy May Lead to False-Positive Result

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Incorrect presumption of ureteral injury can occur in patients with a pre-existing nonfunctional kidney
Excess postoperative mortality and morbidity is seen with use of guideline-based indications for mitral regurgitation surgery versus early surgery

Improved Outcomes With Early Mitral Regurgitation Surgery

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Surgical correction based on high probability of repair linked to improved survival