Surgery News

While intraoperative methylprednisolone failed to show a significant benefit for mortality and morbidity outcomes in neonates undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, it may yet yield some value for those undergoing palliative procedures.

In patients with atrial fibrillation, or AF, treated with direct oral anticoagulants, standardized perioperative management approaches were tied to lower rates of bleeding and stroke, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Healio compiled a list of the most-read cardiology articles posted in July. This month, our readers were interested in discoveries from REDUCE-IT and other prevention trials, the potential CV risks of e-cigarettes, the top-line results of PARAGON-HF and much more.

In a retrospective analysis, transcarotid artery revascularization yielded similar outcomes to carotid endarterectomy but was linked with less risk for cranial nerve injury in patients with carotid artery disease.

The “July effect,” the perception that more medical errors occur in July compared with other months because that is when new medical school graduates start their in-hospital training, is not true in cardiac surgery, researchers reported.

SAN ANTONIO — Cardiac rehabilitation may be moving from a uniform program to one that is more personalized to a person’s needs, according to findings presented at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention.

The FDA has designated Maquet/Datascope’s product recall of several intra-aortic balloon pumps as a class 1 recall, the most serious kind. The recall affects 22,853 devices used in patients undergoing cardiac and noncardiac surgery and for the treatment of patients with HF complications or ACS.

Patients with HF who underwent elective ambulatory surgery had an increased risk for 30-day postoperative complications and 90-day mortality regardless of the presence of HF symptoms, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.

In the past decade, the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation has increased significantly, whereas the use of mechanical ventilation has steadily decreased, researchers reported in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

A new multisociety guideline clarifies how to diagnose chronic limb-threatening ischemia, or CLTI, and emphasizes offering patients optimal medical therapy and offers a new classification system to determine the best revascularization strategy for a patient.