Mayo Clinic

SAN DIEGO — Results showed posterior dynamic distraction device better index correction, less blood loss and shorter length of stay compared with vertebral body tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

A survey of musicians with breast cancer revealed more than one-quarter experienced difficulties with their musical endeavors during or after cancer treatment.

Infections requiring hospitalization were associated with increased risk for future incident heart failure, regardless of infection and HF subtype, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Chronic chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a substantial burden among people with cancer treated with chemotherapy, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

A preoperative virtual reality experience helped to calm anxiety and reduce pulse rate for older patients undergoing cardiac surgery, researchers at Mayo Clinic reported.

Since superior labrum lesions were first described in 1985 and the term “SLAP” lesion was coined in 1990, surgeons began to fixate on that region as a pain generator, especially in the overhead athlete population.

The integrity of the posterior meniscus root attachment is critical for preserving knee joint biomechanics.

Researchers determined the clinical classification of more than 90% of potential BRCA2 variants of uncertain significance in the part of the gene that is central to BRCA2 function, according to study results.

The use of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate to determine an adrenal insufficiency diagnosis has similar accuracy to using baseline cortisol level, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Published results showed patients with chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, may have increased risks for arthrofibrosis and arthritis and faster progression to total knee arthroplasty after ACL surgery.