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Nerve blocks reduce complications and opioid use in hip surgery
I still remember when a patient woke up from hip surgery in tears—tears of relief. She had been terrified of waking up groggy and overwhelmed by narcotics, a stark contrast to her previous experience. This time, thanks ...
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Medicaid expansion improves timely lung cancer treatment and access to high-volume hospitals
A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has significantly improved access to timely treatment and high-volume hospitals for patients with early-stage ...
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Past patient outcomes could help single-ventricle surgery decisions
When considering whether a child who has a single-ventricle heart defect would benefit more from biventricular repair or the Fontan procedure, heart specialists have lacked a key tool to guide them: data that shows possible ...
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FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure—by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal.
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Heart valve abnormality is associated with malignant arrhythmias, study reveals
People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. This is according to a new study, "Mitral annular disjunction and mitral valve prolapse: ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Total hip replacement recovery: Expert explains what you need to know
Curious what recovery really looks like after a hip replacement?
Apr 14, 2025
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Alternative to hip replacement keeps aging athletes in the game
Love for sports can take a toll on aging bodies, with deteriorating joints leading to painful osteoarthritis, especially in the hip. For hardcore athletes and weekend warriors, a total hip replacement often limits participation ...
Apr 11, 2025
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Pig kidney removed from US transplant patient, but she set record
Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with the animal's organ set a record, the hospital that performed the operation said Friday.
Apr 11, 2025
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Extraordinary outcomes for robot-assisted, minimally invasive esophagectomy
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center achieved textbook outcomes for 90% of 150 consecutive robot-assisted, minimally invasive esophagectomies (RAMIE) performed from 2020–2024, as reported in a study published in the ...
Apr 11, 2025
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Commentary: Ethical and legal challenges of uterus transplants in Mexico
Discussions about maternal health and rights in Mexico tend to focus on health outcomes and access to health care. Academics and activists have long campaigned for the government to invest more resources in maternal health. ...
Apr 11, 2025
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A new drug delivery system may help patients with a rare eye cancer
A multi-institutional study led by Moffitt Cancer Center found that percutaneous hepatic perfusion using a melphalan hepatic delivery system may help patients with a rare eye cancer that has spread to their liver. This disease, ...
Apr 10, 2025
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How much will that surgery cost? Hospital prices remain largely unhelpful
It's a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between health plans and hospitals—information that had long been treated as a trade secret. And among the flurry of executive orders President ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Blue laser vaporization effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia
Blue laser vaporization alleviates lower urinary tract symptoms while preserving sexual function in patients undergoing benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) surgery, according to a study published online March 4 in The Aging ...
Apr 8, 2025
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Baby girl first born in UK from womb transplant
A baby girl has become the first in the UK to be born from a womb transplant, after her aunt donated her uterus to her mother, a London hospital said Tuesday.
Apr 8, 2025
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Powerful new tool promises major advances in cancer treatment
New Australian technology is set to transform the way that gastrointestinal cancers are detected and treated with precise, minimally invasive surgery.
Apr 8, 2025
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Knee replacement recovery time: Expert explains what you need to know
Wondering what recovery is really like after knee replacement surgery?
Apr 7, 2025
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Michigan anesthesiologists want to know if you use these substances before surgery
With cannabis and hallucinogen use on the rise, the Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists is trying to educate the public on the importance of disclosing the use of the substances to physicians, particularly before going ...
Apr 7, 2025
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The gut microbiome as a predictive factor for kidney rejection
Kidneys are the most transplanted organ in Germany. According to the German Organ Transplantation Foundation, a total of 1,514 kidneys were transplanted after post-mortem organ donation in 2023, out of a total of 2,986 transplanted ...
Apr 7, 2025
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Surgery doesn't always help with chronic rhinosinusitis: New risk score predicts treatment efficacy
A new CT-scan-based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic rhinosinusitis.
Apr 3, 2025
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Algorithm helps predict outcomes after total knee arthroplasty
A research team led by David C. Ayers, MD, has identified important factors in total knee replacement that predict outcomes five years after surgery.
Apr 2, 2025
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Concern grows over rise in nitrous oxide misuse, deaths in US
Despite a recent Food and Drug Administration warning against inhaling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, deaths due to misusing the substance are on the rise in the United States.
Apr 2, 2025
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Liver transplants offer new hope for colorectal cancer patients with liver metastasis
Liver transplants are becoming a new treatment option for certain colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has spread to their liver and are ineligible for other surgical options. This innovative approach is providing hope ...
Apr 2, 2025
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Video: Liver transplant for patients with advanced colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is the fourth-most-common cancer in the U.S. and the second deadliest. One in 5 patients is diagnosed with metastatic disease, meaning the colorectal cancer has spread beyond the colon, often to the liver. ...
Apr 2, 2025
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Implant-derived metals found in cerebrospinal fluid
Research led by Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that metal particles from artificial joint implants can enter the central nervous system and accumulate in cerebrospinal fluid, raising concerns about potential ...
Gastric bypass outperforms other surgeries in severe obesity treatment, trial shows
Gastric bypass is the most clinically and cost-effective form of interventional surgery for people living with severe obesity, reveals new research. Results of the By-Band-Sleeve trial are published in The Lancet Diabetes ...
Apr 1, 2025
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