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Routine preoperative medical consultations don't improve surgery outcomes, suggests large study
A large observational study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that most patients do not medically benefit from consultation with a medical specialist before their surgery.
Mar 27, 2023
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Research may speed identification of patients who need liver transplants
Research findings from Rutgers, the University of Michigan, the University of Texas Southwestern, and the Medical University of South Carolina could save lives by enabling faster and more accurate identification of hospitalized ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Transplant from deceased donor with brain tumor appears to be safe
The risk for cancer transmission in transplants from deceased donors with primary brain tumors is low and long-term transplant outcomes are favorable, according to a study published online March 22 in JAMA Surgery.
Mar 27, 2023
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Women surgeons remain underrepresented in surgeon-scientists
Despite earlier success in receiving National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, women surgeons are underrepresented among surgeon-scientists, according to a study published online March 20 in JAMA Network Open.
Mar 25, 2023
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Innovative surgical technique creates a nose for patients with 'extremely rare' genetic syndrome
Congenital arhinia (meaning patients born without a nose) is a rare condition associated with high mortality if not identified. As most babies when born are obligate nose breathers, the condition requires immediate attention. ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Analysis suggests surgery is safe for patients two weeks after positive COVID diagnosis, as long as they have recovered
A new study of some 3.6 million surgeries from National Health Service (NHS) databases in England suggests that in most cases, it will be safe to carry out planned surgery as early as two weeks after a positive COVID test, ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Research guides FDA action on common medical device
The largest blood vessel in the body, the abdominal aorta, sends freshly oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. Each year, about 200,000 adults in the United States are diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), ...
Mar 23, 2023
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A device developed by researchers can improve cancer surgery—clinical trials initiated
First-in-human clinical trials have been initiated at Kuopio University Hospital with a device that assists in the identification of cancerous tissue during surgery. The tissue monitoring technique developed by startup company ...
Mar 23, 2023
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New survey finds COVID-19 pandemic changed public's view of obesity
Nearly a third of Americans (29%) say COVID-19 made them more worried than ever about having obesity prompting about 28 million people to consider weight-loss methods they hadn't thought about before the pandemic began, including ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Heatwave of summer 2022 forced surgery cancellations in one-fifth of UK hospitals
The 2022 summer heatwave resulted in a fifth of UK hospitals being forced to cancel operations during the three days when temperatures soared, a new study reveals.
Mar 22, 2023
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Biden administration plans revamp of organ transplant system
The Biden administration said Wednesday it will attempt to break up the network that runs the nation's organ transplant system as part of a broader modernization effort.
Mar 22, 2023
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Doctors in Australia may soon get official 'endorsements' to practice cosmetic surgery. But will that protect patients?
Disturbing reports about botched cosmetic surgeries and injuries in Australia—from breast augmentations causing chronic pain to liposuction leaving patients with lifelong injuries—have sparked concerns in recent years. ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Synthetic data for AI outperform real data in robot-assisted surgery
While artificial intelligence continues to transform health care, the tech has an Achilles heel: training AI systems to perform specific tasks requires a great deal of annotated data that engineers sometimes just don't have ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Pigs as organ donors: New findings on the prevention of retrovirus infections
Intensive research is being carried out to enable the transplantation of organs from specially bred pigs to humans. However, the pig genome contains the genomes of various endogenous retroviruses (PERV-A, B and C) that could ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Effective treatment in rare but deadly form of cancer
An advanced surgical therapy has proved considerably more efficacious than conventional treatments for patients with melanoma in the eye (uveal) that has spread to the liver, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The treatment ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Five ways AI promises to transform organ transplants
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become a valuable tool for transplant to save more patients' lives. Recent studies have already shown promise in using AI to analyze large sets of data to discover important ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Stress urinary incontinence? Know your surgical options
A lot of women experience stress urinary incontinence, those bladder leaks that can happen when a woman is coughing, sneezing, laughing or exercising.
Mar 21, 2023
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Developing postoperative delirium associated with a faster rate of cognitive decline, says study
Research published today (March 20) in the JAMA Internal Medicine finds that developing postoperative delirium is associated with a 40% faster rate of cognitive decline over those who do not develop delirium.
Mar 20, 2023
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Team finds neighborhood-level disparities in patients receiving complex cancer surgery
A recently published study published in the Annals of Surgery found disparities in the number of surgeries performed for patients with complex gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.
Mar 20, 2023
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E-cigarette explosions cause lifelong injuries: Systematic review
As schools and parents alike battle with the increasing popularity of e-cigarettes or "vaping," worried about the health of their young people's lungs, there's another cause for alarm; the risk to their face, teeth and jaw.
Mar 20, 2023
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