Medical University Of South Carolina

A multilevel, navigation-based intervention led to more timely initiation of postoperative radiation therapy vs. usual care-based patient navigation for people with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed total wrist arthroplasty may supplant total wrist fusion as the gold standard treatment for older patients with OA.

Published results showed patients discharged to a post-acute care facility after total shoulder arthroplasty may be at an increased risk for readmissions compared with patients discharged home.

Current evidence does not support lung cancer screening for never-smokers or former light smokers with a family history of lung cancer, according to a commentary in Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

A phase 3 clinical trial will evaluate a nerve fluorescing product designed to illuminate nerves during head and neck tumor removal, allowing surgeons to locate them more easily.

Approximately 15% of individuals with head and neck cancer received an antibiotic prescription within 3 months of diagnosis, study results showed.

Large differences in some modifiable risk factors for stroke between Black and non-Black patients were resolved after a 1-year intensive intervention that included medical management, follow-up and lifestyle coaching, researchers reported.

Recent adverse events soon after receiving a left ventricular assist device, such as major organ dysfunction, have the largest effect on scores measuring health-related quality of life, according to a patient registry analysis.

Smoking consistently after acute ischemic stroke was associated with increased risk for CV events and death compared with never smoking, researchers reported.

Among young acute MI survivors, Black individuals had greater risk for all-cause hospital readmission within 1 year of discharge compared with white individuals, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.