Why Are ORs So Cold? (It's Not What You Thought) Cool facts from YouTuber Max Feinstein, MD Feb 16, 2023
Cognitive Functioning Improves After Cochlear Implant Clinically meaningful improvement in older adults at risk for mild cognitive impairment Feb 16, 2023
Safe to Omit RT After Lumpectomy in Certain Older Breast Cancer Patients Radiotherapy reduced local recurrence, but showed no effect on OS, distant recurrence Feb 15, 2023
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities "Urgent need" for anti-discrimination initiatives to promote equitable care, researchers argue Feb 15, 2023
Arrival of TEER Has Helped Surgeons' Track Records Nationwide analysis of technology's effect since FDA approval 10 years ago Feb 06, 2023
Chilling Donors Not as Good as Machine Perfusion for Kidney Transplant Noninvasive cooling before organ removal didn't measure up for early organ function Feb 02, 2023
Mileage Varies for Different Hip Surgery Approaches No single "best" in meta-analysis, though a clear loser emerges Jan 31, 2023
Society Responds to Outgoing President's Remarks on Diversity "We have come a long way ... but there is much more to do," new president, board of directors say Jan 25, 2023
Blood Test Bests Standard OA Prognostic Models in Early Study Multi-marker panel does a better job of predicting who will show rapid progression Jan 25, 2023
Now, a Surgical Risk Model Tailored to Adult Congenital Heart Disease Novel calculator offers better estimates of operative mortality Jan 24, 2023
Heart Surgery Outcomes During COVID Similarly Worrisome for Rich and Poor Patients Study nevertheless highlights access issues among the socioeconomically disadvantaged Jan 24, 2023
Neoadjuvant Chemo Reduces Disease Recurrence in Operable Colon Cancer Consider it now "an option" for locally advanced disease, editorialists say Jan 24, 2023
In Knee OA, Exercise Is Helpful ... But Maybe More in Mind Than Body Trial shows little extra benefit from intensive program Jan 23, 2023
Bypass Surgery for Multivessel CAD Reaffirmed in Newer Data Surgeons fire back at downgrading of CABG in recent guidelines Jan 23, 2023
Change Coming for Bloated Congenital Heart Surgeon Workforce Subspecialty seeks to reinvigorate congenital heart training, early careers Jan 23, 2023
When Surgeons Clamp Down on Opioids After Cardiac Operations Pain control feasible even when dropping to zero opioids Jan 22, 2023
Circulating Tumor DNA Could Guide Use of Chemo in Colorectal Cancer Identified patients likely to benefit following surgery, large prospective study showed Jan 19, 2023
Gender-Affirming Hormones Boost Mental Health for Transgender Youth Gains seen in appearance congruence paired with drops in depression and anxiety, study showed Jan 18, 2023
Aspirin Toe-to-Toe With LMWH Injections in Orthopedic Trauma Large trial makes case for cheap, oral alternative for clot prevention Jan 18, 2023
Use of Whole Blood for Severe Hemorrhage in the ED Tied to Lower Mortality Improved survival seen at 24 hours, 30 days versus component therapy-based transfusion alone Jan 18, 2023
Intranasal Saline May Suffice for Some Kids' Sleep-Disordered Breathing Recommendations for surgery halved after 6 weeks of mometasone furoate or saline Jan 17, 2023
Epstein-Barr Virus Tracking After Liver Transplant May Cut Rare Complication Observational study provides suggestive evidence Jan 17, 2023
Involve Anesthesiologists in Procedural Suite Design? Accommodating anesthesiologists' needs could make an impact on patient safety, experts say Jan 13, 2023
Anesthesia Outside of the OR: Cause for Patient Safety Concerns? Studies have shown harms for non-OR anesthesia (NORA); experts say changes are needed Jan 13, 2023
Study Supports Routine Omentectomy in Absence of Metastasis During CRS-HIPEC High rate of occult metastases in patients with grossly normal omentum Jan 11, 2023
Legal Loophole Lets Faulty Devices Maintain Their Legacy Harlan Krumholz on how devices subject to Class I recalls are used as predicates for new devices Jan 11, 2023 video
Surgeons Will Probably Want to Avoid This Scrub Color Some survey respondents said black scrubs were deathlike or resembled a mortician Jan 11, 2023
Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Risk of Esophageal, Gastric Cancers Cohort study provides "reassurance of the protective clinical benefits of weight loss surgery" Jan 11, 2023
Dementia Tied to Hearing Loss Likelihood of developing dementia was lower for older adults who used hearing aids Jan 10, 2023
More Evidence to Support Restrictive Opioid Prescribing After Cancer Surgery Significant decreases in prescription days, doses, refill requests, with few patient complaints Jan 06, 2023
More Extensive Resection of Low-Grade Glioma Linked to Longer Survival Across both subtypes, improved survival seen with at least 75% resection, study finds Jan 05, 2023
Less Restrictive Pre-Surgical Fasting Guidelines Supported by Study Allowing fluid intake closer to procedure increased patient well-being Jan 05, 2023
Why Doesn't Exercise Help Everyone With Knee OA? Actually, the better question is why can't everyone do the recommended exercises Jan 04, 2023
The Eye Surgery Turf War Isn't Serving Veterans The VA should hold strong to its updated care guidelines Dec 28, 2022
FDA's Proposed LASIK Warning May Leave Patients Less Informed The agency's recommendations should balance risk with benefit Dec 21, 2022
Early OA Common in Military Officers After Knee Injury Many show joint degradation before age 30 Dec 20, 2022
Metformin Protective Against Joint Replacement in Type 2 Diabetes Daily users saw lower risks for total knee, hip replacements Dec 19, 2022
One Doc's Win for Trans Youth Healthcare in Texas A Dallas endocrinologist can continue to provide hormone therapy and puberty blockers Dec 16, 2022