Tag: Surgery: Misc.
ASTRO: Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy Safe After Breast Reconstruction
Hypofractionated radiation therapy noninferior to 25-fraction conventional course for patients undergoing breast reconstruction
AHA and ACC Update Cardiovascular Management Guideline for Noncardiac Surgery
Stepwise approach to perioperative cardiac management can help doctors decide whether surgery should proceed
AAP: Low Vitamin D Linked to Slower Fracture Healing in Pediatric Patients
Slower clinical and radiographic healing seen for pediatric patients with lower-extremity fracture and surgical management
Wearable Tied to Better Physical Activity Recovery Following Lung Cancer Surgery
Better outcomes also seen for dyspnea compared with controls
Study: Five-Year Survival for Face Transplant Is 85 Percent
Overall, 50 face transplants have been performed worldwide
UBE Microdiscectomy Beneficial for Lumbar Disc Herniation
Unilateral biportal endoscopic microdiscectomy has longer operating times, lower pain med intake in early postop period
Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Improves Survival in Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Cancer
Improved disease-free survival seen among patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma after radical surgery
Neoadjuvant Chemo Boosts Structure Preservation Rates in Nasal, Sinus Cancer
Improvement seen in overall structure preservation rate, orbit preservation rate, and skull base preservation rate
Perioperative Nivolumab Beneficial for Resectable NSCLC
Perioperative nivolumab showed event-free survival benefit from time of surgery compared with neoadjuvant nivolumab
Most Patients With Stage I PDAC Are Upstaged on Histopathology
More than 70 percent with stage I pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and about 30 percent with stage II PDAC upstaged after surgery
