Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Fluorescent Guide Can ID Tumor Missed by Standard Lumpectomy
Use of pegulicianine fluorescence-guided surgery in breast cancer surgery had specificity of 85.2 percent on per-margin analysis
Surgical Treatment Provides Better Long-Term Survival for NSCLC
Findings seen compared with stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage disease
Preop Vascular Interventions Tied to Adverse Outcomes in Lower-Extremity Reconstructions
Pre-reconstruction vascular interventions linked to increased odds of infection, amputation, prolonged length of stay
Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis Not Beneficial After Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction
Extended antibiotics do not reduce infection or reconstruction failure after postmastectomy breast reconstruction
Recommendations Updated for Preventing Surgical Site Infections
Essential practices include administration of prophylaxis, which should be discontinued at time of surgical closure
Specific Postoperative Complications Increased for Patients With Obesity
Odds of infection, venous thromboembolism, renal complications increased for patients with overweight, obesity
Specific TJA Subgroups Gain Greater Benefit From Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Odds of respiratory complications reduced with peripheral nerve block use for older patients with no comorbidity, younger patients with one, two comorbidities
Delaying Ileostomy Reversal Does Not Increase Postop Complications
Association seen for incidence of complications with increased loss of microbiota in defunctioned ileum
Intra-Op Liposomal Bupivacaine Beneficial After Spinal Fusion in Scoliosis
Lower total opioid consumption and shorter liposomal bupivacaine seen with LB for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion
Fetal Embolization Feasible for Vein of Galen Malformation
Report describing first case shows transuterine ultrasound-guided fetal embolization eliminates postnatal pathology
