Tag: Surgery: Misc.
Adenotonsillectomy Tied to Lower Health Care Use in Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing
Fewer office visits and outpatient procedures were the primary drivers of the difference in health care encounters
Length of Stay After Lung Cancer Surgery Longer With Wildfire in County of Treating...
Patients recovering from curative-intent lung cancer surgery with exposure to wildfire disaster may have longer length of stay
AAOS: Stopping GLP-1 RAs 14 Days Before Surgery Can Minimize Complications
Patients who continued Ozempic through total joint arthroplasty had the highest risk for complications
No Link Seen Between Preop GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Postop Aspiration Pneumonia
No significant difference seen in odds of postoperative pneumonia between adult GLP-1 receptor agonist users and nonusers
Intraoperative Remifentanil, Sufentanil Tied to Poor Postoperative Pain Experience
Other predictors of poor pain experience include American Society of Anesthesiologists 3 status, postoperative anxiolytic use, amnesia
Complications, Mortality Up With Surgery Immediately Preceding Weekend
Patients in preweekend versus postweekend group more likely to experience composite of death, complications, readmission
Ultra-Rapid Molecular-Genetic Assays Feasible for Tumor Classification During Surgery
Ultra-rapid digital droplet PCR can measure the levels of tumor cells in a tissue sample in about 15 minutes
Duke Doctors Perform First Living Mitral Valve Transplant
Increase Seen in Percentage of Rural Patients Traveling More Than an Hour for Surgical...
Increase seen in percentage of rural beneficiaries traveling more than 60 minutes for low-risk and high-risk procedures
Opportunistic Salpingectomy During Any Abdominal Surgery Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk
Implementing opportunistic salpingectomy would lead to health care cost savings
