The Hidden Cost of Poor Hospital Waste Management
(MedPage Today) -- "Can we get the table up?" the surgeon asks as she and her team prepare my patient for her very first c-section. I stumble behind the blue drapes, hurriedly feeling for the cold remote and sliding my fingers over the correct... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 18, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Surgery May Be More Cost-Effective Than Wegovy in Adults With a BMI 35+
(MedPage Today) -- A certain type of bariatric surgery may prove more cost-effective over time than a popular weight loss drug, an economic evaluation study suggested.
In an analysis of adults with class II obesity (BMI 35-39.9), endoscopic sleeve... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 12, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Make the Diagnosis: A Martial Arts Misstep: What ’s the Damage?
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Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 11, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Brain Injury More Severe From Falls at U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
(MedPage Today) -- Hospitalized patients who presented with traumatic brain injury (TBI) after falls at the U.S.-Mexico border wall had more severe injuries and were less likely to receive follow-up care than other patients with TBI from high falls... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 10, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Early Minimally Invasive Removal of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Shows Benefit
(MedPage Today) -- In patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage who had surgery within 24 hours, minimally invasive evacuation surgery combined with guideline-based medical management care yielded better functional outcomes at 180 days than... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 10, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Nerve Stimulation for Sleep Apnea May Not Work for All
(MedPage Today) -- Use of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) may be effective for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but a higher body mass index (BMI) and supine sleeping position may decrease effects, according to a retrospective cohort... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 5, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Condemned Inmate Could Face 'Surgery Without Anesthesia,' Lawyers Say
(MedPage Today) -- Missouri's execution protocol allows for "surgery without anesthesia" if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn't work, lawyers for a death row inmate said in an appeal aimed at sparing... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 5, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
GLP-1 Users May Have Increased Endoscopy-Related Aspiration Pneumonia Risk
(MedPage Today) -- People on GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs) had a significantly higher risk of aspiration pneumonia after undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy, researchers reported.
Compared with 0.63% of non-users, 0.83% patients on a GLP-1 receptor... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 1, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Culprit Lesion PCI Before Diagnostic Angiography for Faster STEMI Reperfusion
(MedPage Today) -- Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization lab, according to a small... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 29, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Industry Payments to Physicians Topped $12 Billion Over Nearly a Decade
(MedPage Today) -- More than $12 billion in payments were made from industry to physicians from 2013 to 2022, an analysis of payment data showed.
Over this time period, 85,087,744 payments with a total value of $12.13 billion were made by industry... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 28, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Performed in Living Recipient
(MedPage Today) -- A 62-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) received the world's first successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney, doctors in Boston announced.
The 4-hour surgery took place on March 16 at the Mass General... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 21, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Another Miami Surgeon Faces Brazilian Butt Lift Complaints
(MedPage Today) -- A Miami surgeon has racked up three public complaints related to his reported mishandling of aesthetic procedures, including gluteal fat grafting -- also known as a Brazilian butt lift or BBL.
According to the most recent... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 20, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Decision Aid Improved Understanding of Tubal Sterilization
(MedPage Today) -- Use of a decision aid tool helped pregnant Medicaid patients interested in tubal sterilization achieve a higher level of understanding and less decisional conflict about the procedure compared with usual care, a multisite randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 19, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Use of Video Laryngoscopy Reduced Endotracheal Intubation Attempts
(MedPage Today) -- Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent surgical procedures, a cluster randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 19, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Mysterious Acute-Onset Neck Mass in a Young Man
(MedPage Today) -- Among many diagnostic options for a rare condition, be aware of potential pitfalls (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 18, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
