Gastrointestinal Damage Nearly Universal With Antiplatelet Use After PCI Noninvasive endoscopy in OPT-PEACE reveals surprises about GI effects of antiplatelets Nov 07, 2021
Longstanding Vascular Closure Technique Triumphs Over Collagen Plug Manta versus ProGlide after transfemoral TAVR in CHOICE-CLOSURE Nov 06, 2021
TAVR Chugging Along at 5 Years in SURTAVI Trial Plus, data suggest that it is probably cost-effective in low-risk patients Nov 06, 2021
TAVR Operators Divided on Need for Bicuspid RCT Odds of a study coming to fruition are low Nov 05, 2021
Prescription Pain Killers Can Be a Slippery Slope We can prevent patients from falling down the rabbit hole Nov 05, 2021
Focused Ultrasound Approved for Advanced Parkinson's Expanded indication includes medication-refractory PD patients with motor problems Nov 05, 2021
Doctor Shadows a Prosthetist: Day in the Life Follow YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she learns how prosthetics are made Nov 04, 2021
Surgery Keeps Edge Over Contemporary Stenting for Multivessel CAD Large noninferiority margin still not enough in FAME 3 trial Nov 04, 2021
Weight-Based Bias Occurs Worldwide, Study Shows Weight Management workers urge anti-discrimination policies Nov 03, 2021
Primary RT Fares Well in Abbreviated Trial for HPV Oropharyngeal Cancer No deaths, progression with RT after early termination because of deaths in surgery arm Oct 29, 2021
Ethics Consult: Give New Heart to Woman on Death Row? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 29, 2021
U.S. Military Surgeons in a Losing Battle Against Dwindling Proficiency Military hospital system in dire need of change, experts say Oct 27, 2021
No Love for PRP in Ankle Osteoarthritis Trial Dutch researchers throw cold water on popular therapy Oct 26, 2021
Stop Burdening Transgender Patients With Paperwork, Surgeons Say Insurers often insist on multiple "referral letters" after primary procedures Oct 25, 2021
After Antibiotics for Appendicitis, Many Need Surgery CODA trial follow-up data may shift opinions Oct 25, 2021
Invasive Surgery for Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy More Common in Women of Color Disparities held firm over time despite changes in utilization of laparoscopic surgery Oct 18, 2021
Abiraterone Active in Androgen Receptor-Positive Salivary Tumors Disease control in 62.5% of a small cohort, including five partial responses Oct 14, 2021
Precedex in Abdominal Surgery May Speed Up GI Function Recovery Intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine in older adults also led to shorter hospital stays Oct 14, 2021
Is Private Equity a Dangerous Employer? Firms' investments in healthcare continue to expand, at what cost? Oct 14, 2021
Signs Point to Half-Dose DOAC Route After Watchman Procedure Search continues for best antithrombotic strategy after LAA closure Oct 13, 2021
Hospital Policy Slashes IV Acetaminophen Use for Tonsillectomy Standing orders for oral use led to better care, reduced cost, researchers said Oct 12, 2021
Spinal vs General Anesthesia in Hip Fracture Surgeries: It's a Draw Neither type led to better outcomes at 60 days, study finds Oct 12, 2021
What's the Best Way to Treat Femur Breaks From Bone Metastases? No difference in outcomes between long-stem hemiarthroplasty and intramedullary nailing Oct 10, 2021
Collateral Damage of COVID-19: Home Injuries, Suicides in Kids? Trends during a period when many kids were kept out of school Oct 10, 2021
Pediatric Sarcoma Patients Face Late Amputation Risk Decades Later Study finds about 18% required amputation long after initial limb salvage surgery Oct 09, 2021
Study: Kids Exposed to Harmful Plastics During Heart Surgery Are tubing and blood bags sources of trouble? Oct 09, 2021
Take Sarcoma Research Based on Registry Data With a Grain of Salt Many studies using SEER/NCDB registries often generated disparate outcomes Oct 08, 2021
No Benefit for Longer-Duration Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Limb Salvage Surgical site infections similar versus shorter-duration prophylactic IV regimen Oct 08, 2021
Antibiotic Could Thwart Costly Sarcoma Surgery Complication Benefit seen for adding "anaerobic coverage" to standard perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis Oct 07, 2021
Fewer Deaths After Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Gastric Bypass Authors estimate about 540 fewer deaths at 5 years if all patients chose sleeve Oct 06, 2021
Post-TAVR Pacemakers Not All Doom and Gloom A bit of reassurance from Swedish cohort study Oct 04, 2021
Why Bariatric Surgery's Mortality Risk Is Higher in Men Age, worse overall health at operation time appear to play a part Sep 30, 2021
Radiation or Surgery in Early Lung Cancer: Does It Make a Difference? Ablative radiation still noninferior to VATS after longer follow-up Sep 24, 2021
Checkpoint Inhibitors Whiff in Head and Neck Cancer Trials Avelumab, nivolumab-ipilimumab, pembrolizumab miss endpoints in separate studies Sep 23, 2021
Low Risk and Bicuspid Anatomy: A Passable Combination for TAVR Thus Far Clinical outcomes not worse compared with tricuspid TAVR Sep 21, 2021
Pipeline Flex Endovascular Flow Diverters Under Recall Serious injury and death linked to fracturing issue in the delivery system, FDA warns Sep 21, 2021
Better Late Than Never for Revascularization in STEMI Favorable outcomes for latecomers presenting up to 2 days after symptom onset Sep 20, 2021