Tag: Surgery: Misc.

Prevalence of postoperative white matter injury has declined, correlating with increase in blood pressures after surgery

However, authors say preoperative factors may explain this disparity

Reduced mortality and lower treatment costs seen for surgical treatment versus nonsurgical treatment

Association between COPD and outcomes modified by frailty, cancer, and procedure type

Improvement seen in severe pain, anxiety for treatment groups receiving preoperative touch/relaxation with or without intraoperative acupuncture

Survival outcomes improved with extent of tumor resection ≥75 percent for patients with grade 2 glioma

Updated guidelines suggest all available modalities of echocardiography be used to obtain accurate anatomic, hemodynamic details of lesions

Greatest risk of suicide seen for male, White, and divorced or single patients

Universal screening for cannabinoids recommended before surgery; elective surgery should be postponed in some cases

Recovery faster in terms of 2-minute walk test, Timed Up-and-Go test for unicompartmental versus total knee arthroplasty