Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Nurse Follow-Up by Phone Cuts Problems Post Orthopedic Sx
Educational intervention improves patient outcomes after discharge from hospital
Sedative Pre-Anesthesia Doesn’t Increase Patient Satisfaction
Trend in the United States is not to give patients these meds before procedure
February 2015 Briefing – Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for February 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
February 2015 Briefing – Pathology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for February 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
February 2015 Briefing – Anesthesiology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for February 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Earlier Surgery Tied to Greater Benefit in Cervical Radiculopathy
Benefit from anterior cervical discectomy and fusion within six months of symptoms
Excessive Blood Tests Could Raise Heart Surgery Morbidity
New research raises concerns about the risk of anemia and blood transfusions
Patients Give Favorable Report of Epilepsy Surgery
92 percent said it was worthwhile, with fewer seizures and higher quality of life
CDC: Routine Procedures Lead to Two Cases of HCV Transmission
In both cases, there were breaches in safety rules, CDC reports
Knee OA One Year Post-ACL Reconstruction Common
Tibiofemoral and patellofemoral MRI-OA evident in substantial number of patients in post-surgery knee