Necrosis

There have been some reports of necrosis at the injection site following receipt of the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine, but the vaccine’s overall benefit-risk balance “remains favorable,” researchers wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.

CHICAGO — Immediate direct endoscopic necrosectomy significantly reduced the number of reinterventions and decreased length of hospital stay compared with a step-up approach in patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis.

The FDA has designated Endologix’ recall of an abdominal stent graft system as a class 1 recall, the most serious kind.