Surgery
Cannabis use disorder tied to spine surgery complications
(HealthDay)—Cannabis abuse appears to be associated with worse spine surgery outcomes, according to a study published online March 23 in Spine.
Apr 28, 2021
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News tagged with surgical patients
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab-cilgavimab protects blood cancer patients against COVID
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center oncologists found that using a combination monoclonal antibody (tixagevimab-cilgavimab) against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in patients with blood cancers prevented moderate and severe COVID cases. ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Medications
Sensitivity to chemotherapy may guide treatment of patients with stomach cancer
A study led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that chemotherapy after surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma is significantly associated with longer survival in patients with chemosensitive disease, ...
Jan 17, 2022
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Surgery
Could a cast be as good as surgery for treating wrist fracture for older people?
Wrist fractures are one of the most common fracture types. The burden of injury and costs of wrist fractures globally are substantial, with surgical treatment the popular treatment choice without strong supporting evidence.
Mar 18, 2021
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Surgery
App predicts risk of developing hernia following abdominal surgery
A new app can predict the likelihood that a patient will develop an incisional hernia following abdominal surgery, using big data to potentially help address a problem effects one out of every eight of these surgical patients. ...
Apr 12, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Smoking linked to worse outcomes after urologic cancer surgery and other major surgeries
Patients who smoke, as well as those who once had the habit, are more likely to develop complications during and after major urologic cancer surgery, according to a new study that included researchers at Henry Ford Health ...
May 15, 2015
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Medical economics
US government wants to hide hospital safety scores during COVID
The last time Medicare rated hospitals on surgical complications such as bed sores, collapsed lungs, bloodstream infections, and broken hips, four Philadelphia-area facilities scored worse than average.
Jun 16, 2022
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Medications
Elimination of type of bacteria suggests treatment for endometriosis
A research group from the Graduate School of Medicine and iGCORE at Nagoya University in Japan, has discovered that using an antibiotic to target Fusobacterium reduced the formation of lesions associated with endometriosis, ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Increasing frailty may lead to death
A new study published in Age and Ageing indicates that frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than those who are not frail.
Feb 19, 2019
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Other
New database aims to improve emergency general surgery care and outcomes
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute surgical care by allowing ...
Feb 6, 2012
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