Promising First Dips Into a Bigger Pool of MitraClip Candidates Real-world outcomes in people with secondary MR who don't fit COAPT criteria Jun 09, 2022
Bariatric Surgery Cuts Cancer Incidence, Death Risk Study looked at people with obesity who underwent two most popular procedures Jun 03, 2022
Surgeons Call for Action to Reduce Gun Violence Group has 13 recommendations for change, as "the deaths are just the tip of the iceberg" Jun 02, 2022
AI Shows Promise in Predicting Optimal Margin Width for CRC Liver Mets A 7-mm margin width linked with prolonged survival Jun 02, 2022
Liver Preserved for 3 Days With Machine Perfusion Successfully Transplanted Patient healthy and leading normal life at 1 year Jun 01, 2022
Cochlear Implants Show Benefit in Deaf Children With Developmental Delays Implants should be considered regardless of severity of impairment, researchers argue May 24, 2022
TAVR for Aortic Regurgitation Off to a Good Start in the Real World Yet some growing pains remain for the Jenavalve Trilogy May 21, 2022
Device Type Matters for Valve-in-Valve TAVR in Small Anatomies Showdown between Sapien and Evolut valves in the LYTEN trial May 20, 2022
TAVR Stays Its Course as 10-Year Durability Data Trickle In Glimpse of longer-term valve degeneration in early TAVR patients May 19, 2022
MELD Scoring for Liver Transplants in Need of Sex Adjustment, Study Says Researchers find "pervasive sex differences" in sodium-adjusted MELD scoring system May 18, 2022
Caution Urged With Paxlovid in Transplant Patients Small case series emphasizes the need to discontinue tacrolimus prior to starting therapy May 13, 2022
New York Doc Tries to Take Down No Surprises Act But lawsuit to overturn the law is "really, really weak," legal expert says May 10, 2022
Could an Available Drug Stop Dupuytren's in Its Tracks? Phase II trial shows promise in early-stage disease May 03, 2022
Subcutaneous ICDs Take Care of Lead Complications in ATLAS Trial But do they perform as well as standard transvenous ICDs? May 03, 2022
COVID in the Donor Organ: What's the Risk? In small sample, donors gave infection to lung recipients, yet not to other organ recipients May 03, 2022
Do Pediatric Electrophysiologists Have It Harder? Clinicians discuss the dilemmas and shortcomings in the field May 02, 2022
More Intense Pain Tied to Failed Appendicitis Treatment in Kids Study showed higher pain levels led to early failure in antibiotic treatment May 02, 2022
Longer Ischemia Time Not Tied to Higher Complication Rate in Free-Tissue Transfer Main focus of microvascular surgery should be best possible H&N reconstruction, researchers say May 01, 2022
Immunotherapy Before Head and Neck Surgery Doesn’t Add to Complications Definitive surgery can be conducted safely after neoadjuvant immunotherapy, researchers conclude May 01, 2022
What's It Like to Be a Traveling Orthopedic Surgeon? Locums orthopod Sonya Sloan, MD, talks pay, lifestyle choices and operating while pregnant Apr 29, 2022
Another Robotic Approach for Bladder Cancer Removal Proves Its Mettle Robot-assisted laparoscopy with ICUD tied to better survival versus open surgery Apr 29, 2022
Program to Reduce Opioid Scripts Post-Surgery Worked for Thyroid Cancer Patients Post-surgical intervention may help to reduce the risk of opioid addiction and overdose Apr 29, 2022
When Free Flaps Fail Twice, Another Try Can Be Successful Second salvage attempt worked in 30% of cases Apr 28, 2022
Topical Antisepsis May Thwart SSIs in Upper Aerodigestive Tract Reconstruction Preoperative topical antisepsis mucosal preparation associated with 51% fewer infections Apr 28, 2022
Upper Airway Stimulation Helps Sleep Apnea in Teens With Down Syndrome Device addresses severe symptoms persisting after adenotonsillectomy and PAP intolerance Apr 25, 2022
Study Debunks COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Danish study finds no association between mRNA vaccines and appendicitis Apr 25, 2022
'Shocking Mismanagement' in Our Organ Donation System Is Causing Needless Death OPTN and OPOs are mischaracterizing organ donation data to block system reform Apr 23, 2022
Donation After Circulatory Death Offers Opportunity to Boost Organ Pool A more controversial approach to heart harvesting, meanwhile, is raising ethical qualms Apr 22, 2022
Not All Good News When It Comes to Surging POEM Use for Achalasia Study finds 19-fold increase since 2010, and more healthcare utilization along with it Apr 22, 2022
Crohn's Fistulas Heal Better With Combined Surgical-TNF Blocker Approach Some, but not all, key outcomes prove better in clinical trial Apr 18, 2022
Health System on the Hook for $22M Over Unnecessary Spine Surgeries Record-breaking healthcare fraud settlement in eastern Washington Apr 15, 2022
Pre-Op TNF Blockers Cleared of Infection Risk in IBD Patients Largest prospective cohort study finds no increase in postoperative infections Apr 14, 2022
Achilles' Tendon Rupture Surgery Not So Necessary? Randomized trial suggests one advantage despite similar outcomes to nonoperative treatment Apr 13, 2022
Meet This Year's Healthcare Billionaires HCA founder and Cook Group medical device developer make 2022 list of Forbes Billionaires Apr 12, 2022
Boosting Responses to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Resectable NSCLC Multi-drug platform study identifies promising durvalumab-based combinations Apr 12, 2022
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab a 'New Standard' in Lung Cancer "Another quantum leap in lung cancer therapy," expert says Apr 12, 2022
Is Sentinel Node Biopsy Necessary for Older Breast Cancer Patients? Study finds positive lymph nodes not an indicator for chemotherapy Apr 07, 2022
New Clue to Risk of Peritoneal Cancer After Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy Women with BRCA variant and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma had a 34-fold greater risk Apr 05, 2022
Patients Should Know Who's Operating, Surgeons Say Doctors should disclose when trainees wield the knife, especially if they plan to leave the room Apr 05, 2022
TAVR Valve Outlasts Surgical Bioprostheses at 5 Years No longer assume that TAVR bioprostheses are inherently less durable Apr 05, 2022
