Surgery

July 15, 2020 - Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Americans have had to delay recommended but elective orthopedic surgical procedures, such as joint replacement surgery or knee arthroscopy. Now an expert panel has…

New research has demonstrated that kidneys can be revived prior to transplantation by delivering a cell therapy directly to the organ. A team led by Newcastle University researcher, Dr Emily Thompson, is the first to discover that a…

First-of-its-kind vehicle helps diagnose lung cancer and incidental heart diseaseCredit: CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, TN CHICAGO -- A mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) can be…

A new paper in the JNCI Cancer Spectrum, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the mortality rates for complex cancer procedures differ greatly between one-star hospitals (10.4%) and five-star hospitals (6.4%). The safety of…

R01 funded project aims to utilize virtual reality simulator to improve hiatal hernia surgery trainingCredit: Baylor Scott & White Research Institute DALLAS, TX (July 2020) - Baylor Scott & White Research Institute has received…

Female surgeons teaching general surgery residents did not receive poorer average teaching evaluation scores than their male peersCredit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (July 10, 2020): In the male-dominated field of…

Upcoming Phase II study to stratify women based on high risk of triple negative breast cancer recurrenceCredit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS- Indiana University School of Medicine researchers Milan Radovich, PhD, and Bryan…

What The Viewpoint Says: How COVID-19 surgical precautions taken in medical centers might be reflected in resident education are detailed in this Viewpoint. Authors: Hillary A. Newsome, M.D., of the Medical College of Wisconsin in…

Stay-at-home parents, cleaners, blue-collar workers more likely to develop osteoarthritisCredit: Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney Knee replacements are a huge burden on society and individuals from all…

What The Article Says: A New York hospital's restructuring of general surgery resident teams and educational infrastructure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is detailed in this article. Authors: Heather L. Yeo, M.D., M.H.S., M.B.A.,…

Boston, Mass. - Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread cancellations of electively-scheduled or "non-emergency" operations were implemented to free up hospital beds and conserve protective equipment for health care workers. For some…

Targeted deep brain stimulation to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder A group of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have further refined the use of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive…

What The Viewpoint Says: How surgical global health programs are affected by the COVID pandemic and why global surgical outreach models may need to be rehashed are discussed in this article. Authors: Parsa P. Salehi, M.D., of…

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between the stage of breast cancer at diagnosis and the insurance status, age and race/ethnicity of patients before and after the expansion of Medicaid under the…

In dogs with mammary tumors, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania used a substance that glows under near-infrared light to illuminate cancer Credit: John Donges/School of Veterinary Medicine "Clean margins" are a…

New research gives information in order to understand safety, efficacy and mechanisms of action of a new cardiac therapy. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) has maintained its rank as one of the worldwide leading causes of mortality…

The team was co-led by May Griffith, a researcher at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, which is affiliated with Université de Montréal and is part of the CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal. The results of this…

What The Article Says: The particular risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents for patients with a laryngectomy and how best to mitigate risk are described in this Patient Page. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The…

Black patients with esophageal cancer are less likely to receive life-saving surgery for early-stage disease than white patients PHILADELPHIA - Black patients with esophageal cancer are at a higher risk of death compared to white…

World's largest plastic surgeon organization releases 2019 annual plastic surgery data, forecasts 2020 trends post-pandemic and reveals most-sought-after procedures during quarantine ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (June 25, 2020) - As the…