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Bowel obstruction surgery complications predicted with risk tool
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. - A new scoring system accurately predicts which patients are likely to experience complications from surgery for a small bowel...
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Study finds community-hospital lung cancer screening feasible
Implementing a lung cancer screening program in a community hospital setting is feasible and saves lives, but implementation comes with challenges...
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VIDEO: Public reporting of congenital heart disease outcomes should be easily understood
Parents of children with congenital heart disease want more data on survival statistics, surgeon-specific experience, and complication rates.
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After TAVR, 1 in 10 Medicare patients need permanent pacemaker
About 1 in 10 Medicare patients require implantation of a permanent pacemaker following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, results from a...
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New auto-grafting techniques could advance wound healing
Dr. Robert Kirsner discusses advances in wound healing such as auto-grafting.
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Survival better with breast-conserving therapy for early cancers
AMSTERDAM – Breast cancer–specific survival and overall survival were better among women who had breast-conserving therapy (BCT) compared with...
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SAVR an option for elderly with aortic stenosis
HOUSTON – Surgical aortic valve replacement can be performed in intermediate-risk elderly patients with an operative mortality rate of 4.1%, which...
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Pairing vascular reconstruction, pancreatic cancer resection
A more aggressive vascular resection and reconstruction in pancreatic cancer may improve outcomes and palliation.
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VQI confirms improvements in vascular practice
CHICAGO – Hospital length of stay for carotid endarterectomy averages 1.6 days for VQI centers vs. 2.6 days for nonparticipating centers.
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Bursectomy provides no benefit over omentectomy for gastric cancers
Bursectomy was not found to be superior to omentectomy for improving survival in patients with subserosal/serosal gastric cancer in a Japanese...
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STICHES boosts CABG role in severe LV dysfunction
SNOWMASS, COLO.