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High school athletes sustaining worse injuries
Although overall injury rates have declined, the number of head and neck injuries increased, as did injuries requiring surgery and those leading...
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Total replacement and fusion yield similar outcomes for ankle osteoarthritis
A subgroup analysis suggests some advantage of total ankle replacement over ankle fusion in patients with osteoarthritis in adjacent joints.
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‘Amazing’ data for cheap beta-blocker gel for diabetic foot ulcers
Esmolol, a widely available and cheap beta-blocker, shows statistically significant superiority over the standard of care for diabetic foot ulcers...
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New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...
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Add AFib to noncardiac surgery risk evaluation: New support
Preexisting atrial fibrillation should again be part of pre–noncardiac surgery cardiac risk assessment, argues a new report.
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Cell therapy promising as long-term limb-saving treatment in diabetes
Fewer amputations were needed at 5 years in patients with diabetic foot and critical limb-threatening ischemia, compared with conservative...
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Pandemic derails small success in lowering diabetes-related amputations
Minor diabetes-related lower extremity amputations increased at the expense of major amputations in some groups to 2017, but COVID-19 has likely...
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Diabetic amputations soared amid Italian pandemic lockdown
Gangrene cases also skyrocketed, suggesting that patients failed to get proper care during national shutdown.
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Emicizumab performs well in surgical setting
PRAGUE – Based on the experience in this small study, bleeding complications were most common during dental procedures.