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POISE-3 backs wider use of tranexamic acid in noncardiac surgery
The antifibrinolytic agent significantly reduced the risk for bleeding in a wide array of major noncardiac surgeries, suggesting an expanded role...
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You’re not on a ‘best doctor’ list – does it matter?
In most cases, doctors have to be nominated by their peers, a process that some say is flawed because it may shut out doctors who are less popular...
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Patient blinded in one eye from surgery wins $1.2 million
The patient sued an eye surgeon for malpractice in 2016, alleging that, as a result of his negligence, she suffered the retinal tear and is now...
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Hybrid ACC 2022 resurrects the live scientific session
The ACC offers a traditional in-person meeting spanning all of cardiology paired with what could be a lasting legacy of the pandemic, a robust,...
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Gastric band failures drive many to safer weight loss surgeries
“When you have a surgery where more than half of the time the patients require reoperation, we cannot claim that’s a safe operation.”
From the Journals
Cancer of the appendix on the rise in younger patients with appendicitis
“There is a push to treat acute appendicitis with only antibiotics ... an appendiceal cancer can be missed if the appendix is not removed.”
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Is aspirin the best way to prevent blood clots after THA/TKA?
Patients discharged to facilities rather than home may need more aggressive agents to prevent venous thromboembolism.
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Medical cannabis may cut opioid use for back pain, OA
Preliminary data suggest more than one-third of people with back pain no longer used opioids after filling cannabis prescriptions. Opioid...
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Shoulder arthritis surgery: Depression complicates care
“People with depression and anxiety feel pain differently. It might have to do with your outlook – are you catastrophizing or thinking it’s a...
Guidelines
Surgery groups push back on VARC-3 valve trial definitions
A new position statement says the updated VARC-3 document on clinical endpoint definitions provides many important contributions, but “some...
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TKA: Posterior-stabilized bearing design ups revision risk
Posterior-stabilized bearings, used in more than half of total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) in the United States, may increase risk for revision,...