General Surgery
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Surgical site dressing turns blue when it needs changing
“It’s a lot to put on a layperson to suddenly know how to take care of wounds when you leave the hospital.” Giving patients the confidence that...
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Real-world evidence seen for metal stents in biliary strictures
Equivalent efficacy and fewer procedures could make metal stents more cost-effective than plastic stents.
Conference Coverage
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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Living-donor liver transplants linked with substantial survival benefit
The benefit was significant even at Model for End-Stage Liver Disease–Sodium scores as low as 11.
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Prior decompensation in alcohol-associated hepatitis not an ‘absolute contraindication’ for early liver transplant
About half of all liver mortality is attributable to alcohol-associated liver disease, and transplantation is the sole alternative when...
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Colonic Crohn’s: Segmental vs. total colectomy
Segmental colectomy may be performed in patients with colonic Crohn’s disease without increasing risk of repeat surgeries, compared with total...
Feature
Gender surgeons on TikTok, Instagram: Appropriate or not?
“Creating an idealized video without addressing risk is inappropriate and misleading.”
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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.
Guidelines
New guideline for in-hospital care of diabetes says use CGMs
Patients with diabetes or newly recognized hyperglycemia get admitted to every patient service in the hospital, and their glycemic management can...
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Women are not being warned that anesthetic may reduce birth pill efficacy
“Use of sugammadex is expected to rise as it becomes cheaper in the future, and ensuring that women receiving this medicine are aware it may...
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Liver transplanted after 3 days outside body
The perfusion machine simulated functions of the human body, including blood flow, hormone, and nutrient supply, and even the ebb and flow of...