Surgery
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Best practice alerts really can work
SAN ANTONIO – A majority of alerts triggered by red blood cell orders were overridden, but for sound clinical reasons, investigators found.
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2019 Update on minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
Requiring a very particular set of surgical skills, the cutting edge vNOTES technique for hysterectomy incorporates conventional...
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Most patients with nonmetastatic tracheal cancer did not undergo resection
SAN FRANCISCO – Is surgery underutilized for patients with resectable tracheal cancer?
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Bedside near infrared spectroscopy could reveal brain injury during ECMO
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KRAS-mutation colon, rectal cancers have distinct survival profiles
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Greater weight loss with sleeve gastroplasty than with diet therapy
Patients undergoing endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty show significantly greater weight loss than do those in a weight loss therapy program.
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In rectal cancer, fragmented care linked to lower survival
SAN FRANCISCO – Splitting surgery and radiotherapy between different centers was associated with lower survival
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Pediatric epilepsy surgery may improve cognition and behavior
CHARLOTTE, NC – Comorbidities may influence the likelihood of perceived improvement, whereas the type of surgery may not.
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Mistreatment of surgical residents linked to burnout
SAN FRANCISCO – Gender and racial discrimination and mistreatment are associated with higher odds of burnout and suicidal thoughts in trainee...
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Fibrinogen concentrate effective, safe for postop bleeding
SAN ANTONIO – Favored more in Europe than North America, fibrinogen concentrate was noninferior to cryoprecipitate for control of bleeding after...