Tag: Surgery: Misc.

Junior doctors often obtain surgical consent, but the process is likely undertaken suboptimally

Findings show higher risk of mortality and nonhome discharge with increasing frailty

Findings especially for flap and graft closures

Learning curve for primary textbook outcome was 85 procedures, with primary textbook outcome rate plateauing at 70 percent

Elective surgeries should not be performed within two weeks of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Surgeons averaging more than 10.4 shoulder replacements yearly have lower rate of revision surgery and reoperation, shorter length of stay

Hazard ratio for overall death reduced with vagus nerve stimulation or cranial epilepsy surgery versus antiseizure meds only

For boys with cerebral palsy, LLS presence linked to higher orchidopexy rate compared with spasticity absence

Findings seen in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who were eligible for sphincter-sparing surgery

No benefit in terms of disease-free or overall survival seen for those with muscle-invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy