Actively offering an influenza (flu) vaccination to children having surgery and general anesthesia increased the number of patients vaccinated by 3,500% at Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2021 annual meeting. The ongoing threat…
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Surgery has survival benefits for male Stage IV breast cancer patients who are receptive to systemic therapy
Men with Stage IV breast cancer and known estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status benefit from surgical intervention and from trimodal therapy (systemic therapy, surgery, and radiation), according to a study presented at the virtual American College of Surgeons…
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Timing Is Crucial: Sooner Is Better for Rectal Cancer Surgery
Survival outcomes were considerably better in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who had surgery within 8 weeks after not responding to upfront chemoradiation, when compared with patients who had surgery later. In fact, the difference in time when the…
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Nearly 20% of adults have elevated troponin levels after major non-cardiac surgery
About 20% of adults who have major non-cardiac surgery had elevated troponin levels, yet nearly all of them did not have symptoms of injury, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. People with cardiovascular risk factors…
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Study finds racial and ethnic disparities in post-operative breast cancer surgery outcomes
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women and surgery is a primary treatment for these women. Among women receiving surgery, up to 13% will have a post-operative visit to an emergency department, according to recent research….
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Broward Health First U.S. Hospital System Using Innovative VirtaMed Laparoscopic Simulator
Broward Health Medical Center, home to the Broward Health Graduate Medical Education Simulation Lab in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has become the first United States medical institution to receive the VirtaMed LaparoS™ surgical training simulator. This mixed reality laparoscopic simulator provides…
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Routine testing before surgery remains common despite low value
Before undergoing surgery, patients often go through a number of tests: blood work, sometimes a chest X-ray, perhaps tests to measure heart and lung function. In fact, about half of patients who had one of three common surgical procedures done…
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Transgender Adults’ Mental Health Improves With Desired Surgeries
Transgender adults who have undergone desired gender-affirming surgical transition show significant improvements in mental health, with reduced rates of psychological distress and suicidality, compared with those who have not received surgery, according to results from the largest study of its…
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Bariatric surgery reduces brain pressure in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Weight loss surgery is more effective than dieting to reduce brain pressure that can cause blindness in patients with a neurological condition, finds a study led by the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB). Idiopathic…
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Stress incontinence surgery does not increased risk of pelvic cancers
Women undergoing surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are not at increased risk of developing pelvic cancers, according to a large-scale, population-based study in The Journal of Urology®, Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is…
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