Some of Last Year's Deferred Cardiac Surgeries Likely Still in Backlog Report describes effect of COVID on surgical case volumes, outcomes Jan 31, 2021
Will Recovering COVID-19 Patients Soon Be Walking Around on ECMO? This year's winner of the STS "Shark Tank" session Jan 30, 2021
Most Women Satisfied With 'Going Flat' After Mastectomy Lack of surgeon support key factor in later dissatisfaction, study shows Jan 08, 2021
What's Behind the Ivermectin-for-COVID Buzz? Maverick physicians spurn randomized trials while "people are dying" Jan 06, 2021
Few Qualifying Medicare Patients Undergo Parathyroidectomy Less than a third with primary hyperparathyroidism had definitive operation Jan 06, 2021
Gabapentinoids Plus Opioids Up Overdose Risk After Surgery Absolute risks of adverse events were low, however Dec 29, 2020
Laparoscopic Lavage a Safe Option in Perforated Diverticulitis No difference versus resection in long-term severe complications, but recurrence more common Dec 29, 2020
Gland Larceny: When Testicle Thefts Took Chicago by Storm Male rejuvenation craze sparked kidnappings and organ harvesting Dec 09, 2020
High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Can Wait 6 Months for Surgery: Study Can be considered low priority procedure during COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say Dec 08, 2020
Parkland 1963: The 'Heroic' Efforts to Save Governor, Assassin One nearly died 57 years ago, and a literal twist of fate doomed the other Nov 22, 2020
C-Section Babies More Likely to Develop Infections in Early Childhood Potential microbiome effect? Nov 19, 2020
JFK in Trauma Room One: A Witness Remembers At just 25, Joe Goldstrich, MD, was the youngest member of the Kennedy treatment team Nov 18, 2020
Elective Sigmoidectomy Boosts QOL in Recurrent Diverticulitis Surgical management associated with more major complications than standard therapy Nov 18, 2020
Extra-Tunical Grafting Effective for Peyronie's Deformities Patient outcomes and satisfaction appeared good at 3 years follow-up Nov 15, 2020
Non-Cardiac Surgery Poses 'Sobering' Risks for People With LVADs MACE rate reached as high as 16.9% after some procedures Nov 12, 2020
Patient's Ventricles Removed as Bridge to Heart Transplant Rare therapy a variation of BIVAD support Nov 11, 2020
Doc Convicted for Needless Surgeries; COVID Test Racket; Biden's FDA Chief The past week in healthcare investigations Nov 11, 2020
What's Wrong With PCI at Ambulatory Surgery Centers? Study probes practices, outcomes at ASCs before Medicare kicked in Nov 09, 2020
Ethics Consult: Amputate a Healthy Limb? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Nov 06, 2020
Bariatric Surgery in Heart Failure Andrew Perry, MD, delves into its role with Radha Gopalan, MD Nov 02, 2020 podcast
More Data Tie Biologics to Fewer Colectomies in Ulcerative Colitis Temporal trends analysis found reduction coincided with linear increase in prevalence of biologic medication Oct 26, 2020
More Hospitals Offering Uterus Transplant More transplant programs opening outside of clinical trials, but questions about cost and access remain Oct 22, 2020
Newborns Getting Preoperative Blood Transfusions Have More Complications Data favor restrictive transfusion strategy Oct 22, 2020
'Drug-Based Therapy is Here to Stay' in Angioplasty for PAD TCT Connect studies report reassuring safety data, promise in challenging segments Oct 18, 2020
Bariatric Surgery Boosts Life Expectancy, Long-Term Data Show Gain of 3 years in Swedish study Oct 14, 2020
Look for Bone Mets at Soft Tissue Sarcoma Diagnosis Lung scan only would have missed 40% of all metastases, majority of bone disease, study finds Oct 12, 2020
Hospital Debates Penis Transplant in Transgender Patient Landmark procedure could revolutionize sex-reassignment surgery Oct 08, 2020
Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Holds Up for Central Sleep Apnea Apnea indices, daytime sleepiness improved over 5 years Oct 05, 2020
Stress Tests: A Waning Practice Before Knee, Hip Replacement Yet one surprising group actually saw an increase Sep 30, 2020
These Forbes 400 Billionaires Made Their Fortunes in Healthcare 14 individuals, $66 billion in combined net worth Sep 24, 2020
Popular Therapy Fails to Reduce C-Section Infection Risk Increased risk of adverse skin reactions brings trial to a halt Sep 22, 2020
Double Mastectomy Linked to Sexual, Body Image Issues in Young Women Pre-op counseling or decision aids could help women make better informed decisions Sep 16, 2020
DCIS Tied to Higher Chance of Breast Cancer Death Black women and those under 40 at particularly high risk Sep 16, 2020
Florida Surgeon Tries Again With Whistleblower Suit Against Hospital Seeks damages after dismissal, allegedly for refusing to keep all referrals in-network Sep 10, 2020
Did Reformulated OxyContin Really Discourage Abuse? FDA advisors to review Purdue Pharma's flagship product, redesigned in 2010 to resist snorting and injection Sep 09, 2020
Falls Blamed for Pain Relief Device Failure Damage found while testing after patient complains of pain recurrence Sep 08, 2020
Trial: Oral Surgery Helps in Sleep Apnea Strategy combines palatal stabilization, tongue reduction Sep 04, 2020
Surgery Rates Doubled for High-Risk Prostate Cancer Use of prostatectomy nearly equaled radiotherapy in 2016 Aug 31, 2020
